tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post117033506994539363..comments2023-06-23T16:13:12.577+03:00Comments on Neeka's Backlog: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-1170755251977125172007-02-06T12:47:00.000+03:002007-02-06T12:47:00.000+03:00to Anonymousthis is more-less true, a bit hyperbol...to Anonymous<BR/>this is more-less true, a bit hyperbolized though. gorbachev (as well as brezhnev) had a southern accent (in case of brezhnev it should be called ukraininan)<BR/>mishahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-1170445038829340472007-02-02T22:37:00.000+03:002007-02-02T22:37:00.000+03:00About Putin in the LBR article: "He is widely admi...About Putin in the LBR article: "He is widely admired for his command of the language. Here, too, contrast is everything. Lenin was the last ruler of the country who could speak an educated Russian. Stalin’s Georgian accent was so thick he rarely risked speaking in public. Khrushchev’s vocabulary was crude and his grammar barbaric. Brezhnev could scarcely put two sentences together. Gorbachev spoke with a provincial southern accent. The less said of Yeltsin’s slurred diction the better."<BR/><BR/>Neeka, as you speak russian, can you please tell me if it's true? I knew Stalin had an accent, but Gorbachev?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-1170415283845078612007-02-02T14:21:00.000+03:002007-02-02T14:21:00.000+03:00cheap gas to Ukraine is the reason why Russian pen...cheap gas to Ukraine is the reason why Russian pensioners are so poor...<BR/><BR/>LOL! The logic is bizaare. I wonder what his rationale would be for why Ukrainian pensioners are so poor. Or pensioners in any other former Soviet Union country. Wow. Could not possibly be that the reason was communism? I guess not. Now we know the real culprit - cheap gas. LOL.<BR/><BR/>Though seriously does not bode well for when Putin steps into CEO seat of Gazprom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com