Day: September 3, 2022
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Russians Line Up to Bid Farewell to Gorbachev, But Without Putin
Updates with details of the burial, quotes from mourners, background. Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was laid to rest Saturday in a Moscow ceremony, but without the fanfare of a state funeral and with the glaring absence of President Vladimir Putin. Several thousand mourners queued up to quietly file past Gorbachev’s open casket as it…
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From Kyiv With Dry Jam
“What do you mean, jam from Kyiv? From where?” a patron of a Moscow restaurant shouted aggressively at the waiter. “Yes, it’s from the time of Catherine the Great,” the waiter said calmly. “Well, if that’s the case, all right then…” the diner muttered, mollified. That scene really happened about five years ago. Even then,…