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On Tarmac in Vienna, U.S. and Russia Swap Prisoners
WASHINGTON — In a seeming flashback to the cold war, Russian and American officials traded prisoners in the bright sunlight on the tarmac of a Vienna airport on Friday, bringing to a quick end an episode that had threatened to disrupt relations between the two countries.
Planes carrying 10 convicted Russian sleeper agents and 4 men accused by Moscow of spying for the West swooped into Vienna, once a hub of clandestine East-West maneuvering, and the men and women were transferred, according to an American official. The planes soon took off again, presumably heading back to Russia and the United States in a coda fitting of an espionage novel.
This ‘Vodka Burner’ uses every inch of the Aussie runway, barely making it off the ground in time.
We have Smirnoff.
Gee look, the Lada Priora Coupe. Wait, Lada’s are pieces of shit and no one cares. Carry on.
Commence sharing of ‘In Soviet Russia’ jokes…
Porn Video on Highway Billboard Shocks Drivers Say 2 Girls in 1 Car.
Late-night traffic on busy Moscow street slowed to a crawl as scenes played -
MOSCOW - Drivers in downtown Moscow squinted in disbelief as an electronic highway billboard blazed a two-minute pornographic video instead of its regular advertising clips.
Late-night traffic on one of the Russian capital’s busiest roads slowed Thursday as a couple’s explicit escapades appeared on the 9-by-6-meter display.
Some people took pictures of the sight with their mobile phones and posted them on the Internet.
Passer-by Alyona Prokulatova told The Associated Press that she was “so shocked that I couldn’t even shoot video or take a picture of it.”
The screen’s owner, 3 Stars, told the AP that a hacker attack was likely to blame. Police were investigating the incident.
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