December 18 2014, 05:32

“Meduza” has a great slogan for broadcasting Putin’s press conference — “Read what’s impossible to listen to”

By the way, from Almaty, both LJ and Meduza are inaccessible. Using VPN

https://meduza.io/live/2014/12/18/bolshaya-press-konferentsiya-vladimira-putina

December 16 2014, 03:56

Found an interesting comment:

“I can’t understand.

Today I bought bananas. 38 rubles. Just like a year ago, like 5, like 10 (!) years ago, they cost between 30 and 40 rubles depending on the season and the point of sale.

Bananas do not grow here; logically, they are purchased with foreign currency, and as a perishable good, their price should fluctuate along with the dollar. But that is not observed.

Theories:

1. Bananas are not bought with dollars, but are bartered for oil (weapons)

2. Bananas are supplied for free, as payment for the debts of banana republics

3. The ruble exchange rate is strictly tied to the banana.”

December 15 2014, 18:51

I won’t make it to San Diego in time to see the last northern white rhino in the world, because it suddenly died.

On its 44th year, December 14th. #RIP

Poachers, who hunted them for their horns due to their mythical healing properties, exterminated them in the wild.

There are still six females left, but what are they without… Anyway, biologists are trying to come up with something.

By the way, it was the second largest land animal, being the biggest on land after the elephant.

https://twitter.com/sdzsafaripark/status/544284479171592192