The Commies are Back
Its time to break out the Lenin portraits again! The Reds are on the rise No, it’s not the commies We like music, not government We want to party! The Great Russian bogeyman is back, the Communist Party, or so it hopes. The leader of the party, Gennadiy Zyuganov, called…
Read MorePropaganda is Good for You
The place to be on a Saturday night! Johnson’s Russia List, October 5, 1998 Russia’s Youth Dance Away Crisis By Nick Wadhams Moscow AP At the Propaganda dance club, manager Masha Maslyukova watched calmly as her harried bouncers held back a line of young people pushing and shoving to get…
Read MoreYou Better Buy Russian!
Why pay more for quality, go local! Johnson’s Russia List, 1 October 1998 Russians Forced To Buy Local By Greg Myre Just a few years ago, imports were so scarce that an American visitor with an extra pair of Levi’s blue jeans could ignite a bidding war on the streets…
Read MoreSex Ed Soviet Style
No nasty pictures, but a surpising revelation about Russian intamacy Moscow Times, September 30, 1998 AIDS Epidemic Was Russia’s Sexual Revolution By Irina Glushchenko The early years of perestroika were set against the backdrop of the West’s spiralling AIDS epidemic. This was also when the first telemost, or live U.S.-Soviet…
Read MoreParty over, oops outta time!
Would the last expat in moscow please turn out the lights when he leaves. Thanks. Mother Russia on a good day One more for the road Party time in the good life A sad goodbye Her beauty is crisis-proof No, not back to the West! The party is still on!…
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