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Notes from the Russia-Former Soviet Union desk -- UPDATED
2024-07-22
1) Apparently the summary we have been getting/reposting from korrespondent.net on the Ukrainian side of matters, are no more. The entire series has just disappeared from korrespondent.net's website.

So, it appears that rantburg.com is the sole keeper of those archives, for now. Dunno if this is a permanent feature or a screw up on their end. We will just have to wait to see

They're back
2) I have been spelling the Donetsk village of Avdvievka (Авдиевка) for years now, until the moment I saw a Russian road crew put up a road sign which was spelled Avdveevka (Авдеевка). So, from now on the Avdveevka (Авдеевка) will be the correct spelling.
Thank you for keeping us informed, badanov. In all senses.


Posted by:badanov

#5  There's a (very) old joke: Man says "I speak every language in the world. Except Greek." Me: "How about Russian?" Man: "Sorry.That's Greek to me"
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2024-07-22 21:46  

#4  *Swoon*
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-07-22 21:35  

#3  Well Russian is kinda based on the Greek alphabet as I understand it.

So I cab honestly say that Russian is all Greek to me...

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2024-07-22 17:16  

#2  ^ It is worse than that. Not only do they have a weird alphabet, but they have a different word for almost everything.
Posted by: SteveS   2024-07-22 12:30  

#1  I dunno about these languages that string so many consonants together.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-07-22 12:04  

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