Posted by Meri-Tuuli on November 26, 2006, at 13:29:33 [reposted on December 4, 2006, at 2:57:19 | original URL]
In reply to Re: blocked for 30 weeks - Oh, for God's sake!! » dreamboat_annie, posted by fayeroe on November 25, 2006, at 18:18:59
30 weeks is abit extreme. Thats more than half a year......
Oh well. I live in Finland. People here are terrified of Russia as we were under Russian rule for quite a while, and there was a terrible war. In fact, my grandparents had to move, ie they were refugees I suppose, because the bit of land that they're from is now Russia, but it was part of Finland. They had to move with the Finnish border its quite sad. Often Finnish families living in this area had 24 hours to up and leave....they sent their children first on the trains, you see. And my grandparents lived next to the railway station on the Finnish side and would look after these kids.....and hoped that their parents weren't shot (if often happened). Anyway, all I can say is that Russia is alot more stable these days. Thankfully. You should see the border boundries here between Finland/Russia..... Its something out of James Bond.
Anyway this is rather off topic. Its very sad that the bloke died and the other journalist. And all those Oliogoarchs (I can't spell!) bilionaires...... Putin made some slighly risque joke a while back didn't he? But don't they all these days, when they think the microphone is switched off??
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