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Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
RUSSIAN COP JUMPS IN CAR TO AVOID MARAUDING WOLVES
October 19, 2010SICK STORY OF THE DAY
November 15, 2009
Three homeless men have been arrested in Russia and charged with murder after butchering a 25-year-old man and selling his body parts to a kebab shop. The men also apparently ate part of their victim before selling the rest of his body as scrap meat.
Authorities are not saying whether customers of the kebob shop purchased or ate any human flesh.
“BEARS ON ICE” WTF?????
October 24, 2009APPARENTLY, ICE SKATING BEARS ARE QUITE THE RAGE IN RUSSIA

What a way to go. CNN came up with this gem this morning:
Dateline Bishkek, Russia: A man was attacked and killed Thursday by a bear on ice skates. The murderous animal was part of a performing circus troupe called “Bears on Ice.”
The rogue bear apparently didn’t take to his training of having skates strapped to his feet and being whipped and beaten until he could ice dance. According to one account, the bear “tore his his trainer to pieces in front of horrified childen.”
Scratch that. Apparently, the bear REALLY didn’t like skating.
There are certain aspects of Russian culture that I freely admit I just don’t understand. Like the entire concept of “Bears on Ice.”
Also, this:

And this:

VLADIMIR PUTIN
According to CNN,
“Russia has a long-standing tradition of training bears to perform tricks such as riding motorcycles, ice skating, and playing hockey.”
WTF?!?
On the other hand, CHECK OUT this awesome video:
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Ok! Now, I get it.
RUSSIAN MAN DRINKS EIGHT BOTTLES OF VODKA
April 30, 2009
A Russian man has survived after being found laying unconscious on the streets of Yekaterinburg. Blood alcohol tests showed the man drank EIGHT bottles of vodka before passing out.
Pavel Kondratyev, 39, had twice the usual lethal blood alcohol level.
