Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Fishing with GRENADES - and zero common sense

 

Two fishermen in Russia are lucky to be alive after the blast from a hand grenade they were using to catch fish explodes too early.

These idiots decided it would be a better option to fish with hand grenades, dropping them from their inflatable boat instead of the traditional rod and reel.


As a result, the grenade that exploded just as it hit the water knocking the men over and sent their equipment flying into the water.

We know this type of fishing isn't uncommon, but it's still dumb.


Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Russian Billionaire’s Son Spends $100,000 on Champagne for Zac Efron & Friends

Did you hear about Zac Efron and son of a Russian billionaire!

Efron was at the Board Room nightclub with Heather Graham and other people from a movie they’re filming.

It seems the Russian saw the actors and decided to send them a little gift.


He sent over a 15 litre bottle of Armand de Brignac Nebuchadnezzar Champagne, also known as “Ace of Spades.”
The Russian also bought 2 magnum bottles of Grey Goose, 2 magnum bottles of Dom Perignon, 4 bottles of Cristal and 3 magnum bottles of Laurent-Perrier Brut Rosé from his own table.


The total bill — $ 112,550 … PLUS — a $ 22,510 TIP for his server, Jasmine — 20%.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Artist jailed for frying eggs on Kiev eternal flame

In the Ukraine we find a young artist was jailed for what some call a performance, but was actually frying eggs over an open flame.
But the open flame happen to be the eternal flame honoring fallen soldiers and commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.

The video of the cookout shows Sin'kova apparently explaining her performance to nearby police officers, who do nothing to stop her.

But now more than three months after the "performance", Anna Sin'kova has been arrested and charged with "desecrating a grave". She faces up to five years in prison. On April 11, the Kiev court of appeals refused to release her on bail.

Anna Sin’kova, 20, is a leader of the Ukrainian art group “Brotherhood of Saint Luke”. She sent this written comment from jail through her lawyer:

"I do not regret my performance for a single second, even after being interrogated for four hours without my lawyer, and despite the pressure I have been subjected to while in jail. The accusations against me are absurd and ridiculous.
The media distorted the original message behind my performance.
They say I desecrated a grave, but it’s quite the opposite. The eternal flame is not a grave, it’s a propaganda memorial for a totalitarian communist regime [the former USSR]. It is the biggest desecration of the memory of the victims of a terrible war, many of whom, including my grand-grandfather, were dedicated orthodox Christians. The cult of “The Great Victory”, invented by the Kremlin [Sin'kova believes that the Russian government uses Soviet-era wartime symbols to project national greatness], has nothing to do with the real veterans and victims of the war. That's why I made this performance. If it was a desecration, it was a desecration of a Soviet propaganda object, not soldiers' graves.
Like a spy from a Hollywood movie, I was arrested as I exited a supermarket by men in black balaclavas. I was interrogated without my lawyer by three plainclothes policemen, who threatened me and told me I was a traitor. I have been kept in a cell with 20 other people, and was denied medical care when I came down with a very high fever.
My lawyers are preparing an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights. I hope for a favorable decision.
When I am set free I will continue to fight for this just cause. The authorities want to scare us patriots, or put us in jail. But we're not going to stand aside watching as Ukrainian sovereignty is sold to the Kremlin in return for natural gas and favours for local oligarchs.”