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Topic: Good price for Baltika? |
gomer
Replies: 1
Views: 437
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:42 pm Subject: Good price for Baltika? |
| I was in a restaurant that serves Eastern European cusine and noticed they had Baltika beer on the menu. The price was $5.00 (US) for 0.5L of Baltika 1-9. I don't know if it was draft, bottled or cann ... |
Topic: Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. |
gomer
Replies: 21
Views: 5831
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:07 am Subject: Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. |
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html
"Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S."
Well, what do you think? |
Topic: Interesting article |
gomer
Replies: 10
Views: 4182
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:12 am Subject: Interesting article |
If you are talking Ukraine, it is screwed.
In what way and how bad is Ukraine 'screwed'? Just wondering. |
Topic: Interesting article |
gomer
Replies: 10
Views: 4182
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:39 am Subject: Interesting article |
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
"Russia braced for unrest"
Should the Russian government be worried? As has been done in the past, sometimes people will chance a quick death by military bull ... |
Topic: I am traveling to Moscow for a month |
gomer
Replies: 37
Views: 18331
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:43 am Subject: I am traveling to Moscow for a month |
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN0632016920081206
Argentine automakers will sell basic models at cost ...
Local plants of Renault SA, General Motors, Peugeot, For ... |
Topic: Moscow to Murmansk Flights |
gomer
Replies: 6
Views: 2522
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Forum: The Rest of Russia Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:36 pm Subject: Moscow to Murmansk Flights |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk_Airport
Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
Aeroflot-Don (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
Aeroflot-Nord (Archangelsk, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Tromsø)
Karat (Moscow- ... |
Topic: I am traveling to Moscow for a month |
gomer
Replies: 37
Views: 18331
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:36 am Subject: I am traveling to Moscow for a month |
Damn! I have bought a new car half of the year ago... If I could wait more...
Congratulations on your car purchase. What kind of car did you buy? Just curious.
Logan. Comparing with those "buck ... |
Topic: I am traveling to Moscow for a month |
gomer
Replies: 37
Views: 18331
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:24 am Subject: I am traveling to Moscow for a month |
Rouble went from 24 - 1 USD to 29- 1 USD. Ukraine went from 4.4 - 1USD and now 7.6 UAH - 1 USD. Almost half.
So, is it a good time for people with USD to visit Ukraine, given the exchange rate? |
Topic: I am traveling to Moscow for a month |
gomer
Replies: 37
Views: 18331
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:32 pm Subject: I am traveling to Moscow for a month |
Damn! I have bought a new car half of the year ago... If I could wait more...
Congratulations on your car purchase. What kind of car did you buy? Just curious. |
Topic: too cold to visit? |
gomer
Replies: 16
Views: 7117
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:25 pm Subject: too cold to visit? |
sounds like we have some special abilities lol
I saw women wearing uninsulated high heel shoes ( not boots but shoes ), walking ice-covered Moscow streets in February so I'd definitely say you have ... |
Topic: too cold to visit? |
gomer
Replies: 16
Views: 7117
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:28 pm Subject: too cold to visit? |
Living in Northern Canada, I walked with no hat and jacket open. You should have seen the look at the Russians.
My mom used to keep the house at 13 C so I am used to the cold.
Having been to Yel ... |
Topic: too cold to visit? |
gomer
Replies: 16
Views: 7117
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:29 am Subject: too cold to visit? |
| Guys & girls. What are you talking about? Moscow is a warm place. I regularly visit it in business trips. I spent about 1.5 y. of my life in the Moscow, half of them are winter trips. I'd say Mosc ... |
Topic: Grocery Shopping in Moscow |
gomer
Replies: 12
Views: 4312
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:10 am Subject: Grocery Shopping in Moscow |
| In 2007, I shopped at a large supermarket near Maryino Metro station in Moscow (I don't remember the street address). I saw a box of taco shells and wondered if it is popular for Muscovites to eat Mex ... |
Topic: Grocery Shopping in Moscow |
gomer
Replies: 12
Views: 4312
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:46 pm Subject: Grocery Shopping in Moscow |
Have not faced any lack of food etc in Moscow supermarkets yet though
That's good news. Thanks for the update. |
Topic: Grocery Shopping in Moscow |
gomer
Replies: 12
Views: 4312
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:05 pm Subject: Grocery Shopping in Moscow |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3211594/Financial-crisis-Moscow-supermarket-shelves-increasingly-empty-in-Soviet-era-reminder.html
I hope the situation will have im ... |
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