It’s time to take another look into some of Russia’s wild and crazy news stories from the past couple of weeks, courtesy of MosNews: Russian “coolant glutton” dies trying to break record After drinking 300 grams of anti-freezing liquid and chasing it down with coca-cola, Dmitry Butakov from the central Russian town of Lipetsk had only time to give a few interviews [...]
For the longest time, I didn’t think there was any culture crazier than the Japanese; their sense of humor and idea of entertainment is quite strange – and a little creepy. But in terms of crazy in the traditional sense, I think the good people in Russia have no equals. A little over a month [...]
Apparently Yakov Smirnoff was not exaggerating when he made all those jokes about Russia basically being hell on Earth – the weather sucks, the average monthly wage is $400, and there is a national infatuation with penile mutilation – but they do have universal health care. These three stories are courtesy of MosNews, and just reading them makes my meat and two [...]
