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One Post-Soviet Man’s Adventures in the Land of Plenty

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The Glorious Return of Avos’ka (Авоська)

April 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The other day, while in Ann Arbor, I stopped by an intimidating palace of food that goes by the name “Whole Foods.” As I pulled into a parking lot filled with gas-guzzling SUVs and flashy imported vehicles in my Festiva, I could not help noticing happy shoppers leaving the store carrying shopping-bags. Not plastic bags […]

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A new take on old things …

September 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

YouTube - Moskau with english lyrics

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American Men: Looking for Love in the Baltics

August 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments

American men: looking for love in the Baltics

This is precious: “I used to date blondes,” he said, but he now favors darker-haired women with blue or green eyes, who are taller than him, have undemanding personalities, arent competitive and want children.”

So, let me get this traight. This slob wants someone who would accept his sorry […]

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The Fine State of US Education

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

What is She Talking About? - Video
No commentary is needed, I believe.
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A Rant: An Encounter with a Michigan Hipster

August 20th, 2007 · 5 Comments

“Sovok of the Week” has never been big on hipsters, those annoying emaciated self-righteous gas-bags who wear ironic T-shirts and complicated shoes. Now, if a hipster lives in New York or another big city, we can respect his/her quest for coolness and self-expression. It is quite another thing when one encounters a home-grown hipster-wanna-be […]

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This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land …

August 6th, 2007 · 7 Comments

I am thinking … I wish Misha would have thought of a way to install our SOTW flag on the North Pole … All our financial problems would have gone away …
IOL: Russia ‘amazed’ by Western mockery
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What do you think of the new site?

August 3rd, 2007 · 8 Comments

As you can see, SOTW has a new look-leaner, easier to navigate, and more pleasing to the eye, I hope.
You probably have figured out that in no way I would be able to do such a fantastic job of moving it to a new platform had it not been for some outside help. In the […]

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Olympic Misha made in the USA? What is the world coming to?!

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Who would have thought? …

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Praises keep pouring in!!

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

As I am still traveling and participating in various shenanigans and money-making schemes, bloggers still discover our website and comment on it. Here is something from "Megan Case 2.0":
"Sovok of the Week, also linked in the post below, is a site I’ve stumbled across a few times, always meaning to read more… I just took […]

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“Sovok of the Week” on Vacation till September!!

June 29th, 2007 · No Comments

"Sovok of the Week" will go on a two-months long vacation. I will still post things, but probably on a much more relaxed schedule.
 
See you back in September!
 
-DJ VadimJ

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A Brief History of “Sovok of the Week”

June 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Most certainly, dear reader, you stumbled across our humble website while searching for "yung Russian bride to merry" (yep, another 1000 hits just for this little string) or some other questionable material. Alas, we have to admit that we deliberately insert misspelled provocative words so that unsuspecting search bots would direct love-seekers to our site. […]

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Show must go on!!

June 19th, 2007 · No Comments

I swear, one can’t make this up …
“A hen party literally brought the house down in Serbia after climbing on roof support pillars to get a better look at a male stripper.
The group that included female bank directors, lawyers, and even a local MP were among 200 women who piled into the club in Novi […]

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Taking a Break from British Spies!

June 1st, 2007 · No Comments

As I am very busy trying to shake off British and US spies who are dead set on persuading me to work for them, or at least handing over to them the SOTW membership list, I thought I would pause for a little bit and enjoy some quality music. Please join me!
 
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Russians and British, Get a Room Already!!

May 25th, 2007 · No Comments

The latest diplomatic row between Great Britain and Russia over the murder of an ex-KGB spy Litvinenko is nothing but total nonsense. After a short trip to England I can testify that nowhere in Europe Russians feel as welcome as in the UK.
What are some things that make the Russians and the British like each […]

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News from the Land of the “People’s Princess”

May 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Dear readers,
I am still stuck in Liverpool, England, where I am trying to collect the monies that are due to me. I am doing fine, thank you, staying at a youth hostel and cooking all of my meals with the use of an iron-it makes a great hot plate. England is very expensive for a […]

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Yeltsin Dead, Remembered for his Dancing Moves, Drinking

April 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Yeltsin is dead. I will truly miss him. But I am not sure that I will remember him as "a man on the tank," as CNN is porttraying him … :
"One of the images most associated with Yeltsin is that of him sitting on a tank during the raucous street rallies that marked the coup […]

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Another Denunciation of the Red Baron!!

April 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments

We have already told you how we feel about Sacha Baron Cohen and his "Borat" movie. You can understand our utter disgust with the "Red Baron" better if you look at the movie ad to the right (and below) which I scanned from a recent Maxim magazine.

Uh? You didn’t get it? OK, DJ VadimJ is […]

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Off to Liverpool to collect UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY Monies!!

April 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Dear Readers, Miss Fortune has been kind to me lately. If you remember my
last post, I am wanted by many a female out there. In addition, judging from
an email that I just received from “Larrisa Soyinka,” I am THE winner of UNITED
KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY!! Mrs. Soyinka wants me to send her all the required
information by […]

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“I will regret if not to try”

April 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Like most of you, dear readers, I get a lot of spam. Sometimes, these letters are so memorable that I want to share them with you.
Like this one, for example … For the same of a meaningful, pregnant pause, I will abstain from any commentary … Enjoy!

DJ VadimJ
 

From: loveanasta@rambler.ru
Subject: Hi […]

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Anyone for a passport to Hell?!

March 23rd, 2007 · 7 Comments

Somehow my beloved country, which for the longest time has been thoroughly steeped in atheism and outrageous superstitions, has turned its eyes on all things God. The priests are running around blessing newly-built parking lots and bowling alleys, sales of icons and other Christian paraphernalia are through the roof, and now the Russians, it seems, […]

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