Comments on: KGB versus reality TV http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/04/08/kgb-versus-reality-tv/ Global risks and how to respond to them, edited by Alex Evans and David Steven Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jules Evans http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/04/08/kgb-versus-reality-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-9352 Jules Evans Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:43:15 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=9002#comment-9352 Still the KGB to me. Still the KGB to me.

]]> By: Ruairidh http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/04/08/kgb-versus-reality-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-9351 Ruairidh Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:37:21 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=9002#comment-9351 Boring technical point I know but the KGB hasn't exisited since 1991. It's still called the KGB in Belarus but in Russia the domestic service became the FSB, the foreign serivce SVR and the sigint service FAPSI. Boring technical point I know but the KGB hasn’t exisited since 1991. It’s still called the KGB in Belarus but in Russia the domestic service became the FSB, the foreign serivce SVR and the sigint service FAPSI.

]]> By: Jules Evans http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/04/08/kgb-versus-reality-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-9286 Jules Evans Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:39:25 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=9002#comment-9286 yes there is - march 8th. when i was working in moscow, all the men in the office would buy the women presents on that day, then the women returned the favour on men's day (or 'defenders of the fatherland' day as it was technically known). yes there is – march 8th. when i was working in moscow, all the men in the office would buy the women presents on that day, then the women returned the favour on men’s day (or ‘defenders of the fatherland’ day as it was technically known).

]]> By: Jules Evans http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/04/08/kgb-versus-reality-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-9196 Jules Evans Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:09:01 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=9002#comment-9196 More fun from the Russian tabloids: the Russian nuclear industry has just released the results of its Miss Atom beauty pageant contest, which selects the finest beauties who work in the nuclear sectors in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The winner, Yekaterina Bulgakova from the Russian Institute for Research into Nuclear Reactors, was praised for her 'glowing personality': http://www.mosnews.com/gallery/288.phtml More fun from the Russian tabloids: the Russian nuclear industry has just released the results of its Miss Atom beauty pageant contest, which selects the finest beauties who work in the nuclear sectors in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

The winner, Yekaterina Bulgakova from the Russian Institute for Research into Nuclear Reactors, was praised for her ‘glowing personality’:

http://www.mosnews.com/gallery/288.phtml

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