Despite mass protests the police was not going to back off. They got an order to destroy the village. Gypsy population tried to used their most valued religious artifacts to stop the police but it didn't help. See the photos here.
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Despite mass protests the police was not going to back off. They got an order to destroy the village. Gypsy population tried to used their most valued religious artifacts to stop the police but it didn't help. See the photos here.
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Norilsk is pretty big city. Over 150,000 people live there. For its size and location it's even called the most cold city in the world. And obviously there is a reason for this. Look how today, 27th of May, 2016 city looks like. Four days till summer
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Norilsk is pretty big city. Over 150,000 people live there. For its size and location it's even called the most cold city in the world. And obviously there is a reason for this. Look how today, 27th of May, 2016 city looks like. Four days till summer
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The purpose of a good accident prevention poster is to place terror in minds and hearts of workers, to make him fear breaking the rules, show where it can bring them. And some of those classy vintage Soviet workplace posters are up to the point with this. See them here, translated for you. First one above says "Take away your hair".
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Don't use your leg to remove the belt.
Learn how to release the victim of electrocution - chop the wires with axe.
The purpose of a good accident prevention poster is to place terror in minds and hearts of workers, to make him fear breaking the rules, show where it can bring them. And some of those classy vintage Soviet workplace posters are up to the point with this. See them here, translated for you. First one above says "Take away your hair".
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Don't use your leg to remove the belt.
Learn how to release the victim of electrocution - chop the wires with axe.
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Alisa has a non-typical hobby for a Russian girl: she is a self-taught car mechanic. She is fond of watching tons of YouTube tutorials on car repair topics. Then, she goes to her garage and tries it all on real life cars, taking photos and posts in her blog devoted to car repairs which is already became popular among.. men.
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Alisa has a non-typical hobby for a Russian girl: she is a self-taught car mechanic. She is fond of watching tons of YouTube tutorials on car repair topics. Then, she goes to her garage and tries it all on real life cars, taking photos and posts in her blog devoted to car repairs which is already became popular among.. men.
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This village in Russia is lost deep in the woods. There is no road leading here except this old rail road. You can't come here on the car. In case of emergency a person have to walk 40 kms to get to the nearest place. It is surrounded by swamps. Two times a month small old train with only one car comes here. Thanks to Russian blogger Grifon we have a chance to peek into life of people there. Let's look!
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This is a train that comes here twice a month.
This village in Russia is lost deep in the woods. There is no road leading here except this old rail road. You can't come here on the car. In case of emergency a person have to walk 40 kms to get to the nearest place. It is surrounded by swamps. Two times a month small old train with only one car comes here. Thanks to Russian blogger Grifon we have a chance to peek into life of people there. Let's look!
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This is a train that comes here twice a month.
http://ift.tt/wAP9qB The Moscow Times is a daily English-language newspaper featuring objective, reliable news on business, politics and culture in Russia and the former Soviet Union (CIS). en Wed, 25 May 2016 15:19:59 +0300 http://ift.tt/1O0Qxis 330 291 Crimea Government Moves Swiftly to Join Russia http://ift.tt/1om5mkr http://ift.tt/1om5mkr By Ivan Nechepurenko <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1om5mkr Residents of Crimea remained divided Monday about the outcome of a weekend referendum in which voters chose overwhelmingly to split from Ukraine and join Russia, even as government agencies in the regional capital quickly moved to re-register themselves as organs of an independent state that will soon become subject to the authority of the Kremlin. Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0400 http://ift.tt/1srge7t The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1srge7t The United States will refuse to recognize any elections in eastern Ukraine that do not comply with the Minsk agreements, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told reporters in Moscow. Wed, 18 May 2016 16:33:55 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WEeULf By Eva Hartog <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WEeULf It could have been a scene straight out of The Sopranos. On Saturday, 15 cars rocked up to the Khovanskoye cemetery on the southwestern outskirts of Moscow. Wed, 18 May 2016 19:46:50 +0300 http://ift.tt/1W2Jmyw By Natalya Sindeyeva <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1W2Jmyw It is no longer any real secret that the ruling regime knows how to crack down on "undesirable" elements. Wed, 18 May 2016 20:24:17 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WF3Zkx By Daria Litvinova <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WF3Zkx The cocktail already has a name - the "Rodchenkov." Its standard base is three shots of different steroids; the variable part is the alcohol mixer (the men get whiskey and the women, Martini). Thu, 19 May 2016 14:22:18 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WGaymO By Vladislav Inozemtsev <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WGaymO This year got off to a bad start. Oil prices fell to below $30 per barrel and a budget deficit of at least 5 percent seemed inevitable. But now Russia's political elite is breathing a sigh of relief. Fri, 20 May 2016 11:35:01 +0300 http://ift.tt/1qyHDmH By Katie Davies <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1qyHDmH Ukrainian nationalists have leaked a second list of the personal details of journalists working in the Donbass and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine. Fri, 20 May 2016 17:11:46 +0300 http://ift.tt/1s51fQJ The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1s51fQJ The deputy head of Russia's National Security Council accused the U.S. of operating with double standards in Syria after Washington denied reports that it agreed with Moscow to begin joint bombing of the al-Nusra. Mon, 23 May 2016 19:05:01 +0300 http://ift.tt/20uqaYY The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/20uqaYY President Vladimir Putin has held phone talks with the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany to discuss the situation in Syria and in Ukraine's Donbass region, the Kremlin said in a statement Tuesday. Tue, 24 May 2016 11:43:43 +0300 http://ift.tt/1YUHSoa The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1YUHSoa The amount of imported cheese in the Russian market has grown for the first time since Russia introduced an embargo on Western food products in 2014, the Kommersant newspaper reported Tuesday. Tue, 24 May 2016 12:19:57 +0300 http://ift.tt/1s97F1g The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1s97F1g Billionaire Vladimir Potanin has become the first major Russian investor to buy assets in Iran after the lifting of sanctions, the Kommersant newspaper reported Wednesday. Wed, 25 May 2016 11:54:42 +0300 http://ift.tt/1sARhao By Joseph Birch <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1sARhao We make our way down a narrow alleyway. A four-digit code opens the heavy green door of the complex, but once inside, bolt cutters are the keys of choice. Thu, 19 May 2016 11:03:08 +0300 http://ift.tt/1rWqHrF The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1rWqHrF The former chief editor of the RBC media holding has said that political pressure on the company resulted in the dismissal of top staff members, the Meduza news website reported Thursday. Thu, 19 May 2016 16:55:56 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WFWKt1 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WFWKt1 If it is confirmed that the EgyptAir flight, missing since Thursday, vanished from radar on the airspace border between Greece and Egypt, air travel between Russia and Egypt will not be resumed, a high-ranking source within the Russian government said. Fri, 20 May 2016 12:45:48 +0300 http://ift.tt/1TpYNAD The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1TpYNAD Tajikistan has approved constitutional amendments allowing President Emomali Rahmon to rule for life, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Monday. Mon, 23 May 2016 11:21:09 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WKy2aw By Katie Davies <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WKy2aw Two-thirds of executives at Russia's largest companies saw pay rises in 2015 despite the country's economic crisis, the RBC news website reported Monday. Mon, 23 May 2016 17:20:36 +0300 http://ift.tt/1TS1chN The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1TS1chN An American-born aviation lawyer best known for winning compensation after the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing is to take on Russia for its alleged role in the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Mon, 23 May 2016 18:20:52 +0300 http://ift.tt/25jzaXE The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/25jzaXE The average monthly Russian wage in U.S. Dollars was on par with salaries in Kazakhstan in 2015, the RBC news website reported Tuesday. Tue, 24 May 2016 13:32:52 +0300 http://ift.tt/1qIPkXA The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1qIPkXA Former Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko is now on a plane bound for Kiev, the Reuters news agency reported early Wednesday afternoon. Wed, 25 May 2016 14:33:29 +0300 http://ift.tt/1s9qrpk The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1s9qrpk Russia's biggest bank reported a record-breaking profit of 117.7 billion rubles ($1.8 billion) over January-March, nearly four times more than in the same period last year. Wed, 25 May 2016 14:45:57 +0300 http://ift.tt/1TndG3s The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1TndG3s The Russian Justice Ministry has received documents requesting the extradition of former Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, the RBC news agency reported Wednesday. Wed, 18 May 2016 13:34:06 +0300 http://ift.tt/1XBWXfM By Mikhail Fishman <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1XBWXfM On May 10, an unusual post appeared on Facebook, apparently signed by Viktor Ivanov, the head of Russia's Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN). "Comrades and fellow soldiers," it began. Thu, 19 May 2016 15:54:26 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WGsHks The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WGsHks More than 700 billion rubles ($10.5 billion) was transferred illegally from Russia into offshore accounts in 2015, the Russian Interior Ministry announced Friday, the TASS news agency reported. Fri, 20 May 2016 17:14:06 +0300 http://ift.tt/1XMw3lx By Anastasia Bazenkova <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1XMw3lx Russian journalist and politician Lev Shlosberg has been awarded the inaugural Boris Nemtsov Foundation prize for "defending the values of freedom and democracy in Russia." Mon, 23 May 2016 13:58:09 +0300 http://ift.tt/1NIRKk7 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1NIRKk7 Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has lashed out at the English language branch of the Euronews channel, calling their work a "blow from within" for "discrediting" the news outlet. Tue, 24 May 2016 11:46:04 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WLXIU8 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WLXIU8 During his visit to Crimea, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was confronted by frustrated pensioners, the Meduza news website reported on Tuesday. Tue, 24 May 2016 13:44:38 +0300 http://ift.tt/25lgzKW The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/25lgzKW An alleged Russian intelligence officer has been arrested in the Italian capital of Rome while receiving secret documents from a Portuguese spy, Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported Wednesday. Wed, 25 May 2016 12:17:51 +0300 http://ift.tt/1TZ5nIg The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1TZ5nIg NATO must bolster its military presence in the Baltic states or risk nuclear war, a former general has warned. Wed, 18 May 2016 19:41:12 +0300 http://ift.tt/1TZ4Wh5 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1TZ4Wh5 The trial of notorious Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky began today in a Moscow court. He remains in detention as two criminal cases against him continue. Wed, 18 May 2016 19:21:43 +0300 http://ift.tt/1NAaUZo The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1NAaUZo Russia is rated the least welcoming country to refugees, according to a survey commissioned by Amnesty International and conducted by consulting firm GlobeScan. Thu, 19 May 2016 16:27:59 +0300 http://ift.tt/20abEFG The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/20abEFG Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky has avoided a jail sentence despite being found guilty of vandalism by a Moscow court. Thu, 19 May 2016 15:10:32 +0300 http://ift.tt/1YR6PRn The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1YR6PRn Russia's latest economic reform package is set to cut state spending and raise the retirement age, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Monday. Mon, 23 May 2016 13:21:11 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WcGmQ8 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WcGmQ8 Merry-go-round voting is a specific Russian voting practice. Mon, 23 May 2016 16:42:23 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WOfDtp By Eva Hartog and Katrin Scheib <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WOfDtp Following months of negotiations, Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko is on her way back to Ukraine as part of a dramatic prisoner swap, media reported Wednesday. Wed, 25 May 2016 15:05:52 +0300 http://ift.tt/1WEeCUK The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1WEeCUK Russia's Investigative Committee has asked the head of National Guard to investigate Chechnya's notorious Sever police battalion, the RBC newspaper reported Wednesday. Wed, 18 May 2016 19:39:08 +0300 http://ift.tt/1YIpRJH The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1YIpRJH The Russian economy has been out of recession for more than six months, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said during a briefing at the Russia-ASEAN summit on Friday, the TASS news agency reported. Fri, 20 May 2016 15:26:32 +0300 http://ift.tt/1OIwDcE The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1OIwDcE The lawyers of Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov - Russian soldiers serving prison sentences in Ukraine on terrorism charges - are set to petition for clemency. Mon, 23 May 2016 12:49:50 +0300 http://ift.tt/1TubOr3 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1TubOr3 Russia is prepared to tackle ambitious projects like tech billionaire Elon Musk's conceptual Hyperloop transportation system, according to Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, the RBC news website reported Friday. Fri, 20 May 2016 14:49:05 +0300 http://ift.tt/27HiS9O By Sophia Guy-White <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/27HiS9O In case you missed it. Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, took some time during the the Russia-ASEAN summit on Thursday to show off her dancing skills in the Kalinka. Fri, 20 May 2016 15:20:20 +0300 http://ift.tt/1YUZpfM <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1YUZpfM Celebrated Russian TV host Dmitry Kiselyov has called a disparaging French TV report into his program a "controversy between channels." Tue, 24 May 2016 13:57:15 +0300 http://ift.tt/1Tu0hYI The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1Tu0hYI Russian elections watchdog Golos is to file a complaint against politicians who sent costumed cartoon characters into a kindergarten to campaign for them. Fri, 20 May 2016 13:19:36 +0300 http://ift.tt/1VfD6m8 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1VfD6m8 A French television show has exposed a Russian news report about Euroskeptics in France as a cocktail of misquotes and falsifications. Mon, 23 May 2016 17:53:10 +0300 http://ift.tt/1RmRMJi By Katrin Scheib <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1RmRMJi They're capricious, hard to please, and you never know what they will get up to next. Tue, 24 May 2016 13:15:04 +0300 http://ift.tt/1RpL8Sw By Peter Hobson and Katrin Scheib <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1RpL8Sw When Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited Crimea, he was prepared for handshakes, meetings and rainbows. A soundbite here, a photo-op there. Wed, 25 May 2016 12:49:00 +0300 http://ift.tt/25hRXTk By Anastasia Bazenkova <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/25hRXTk Russian President Vladimir Putin has recommended that Yury Chaika serve another five-year term as Prosecutor General, the RIA news agency reported. Mon, 23 May 2016 18:19:16 +0300 http://ift.tt/1qGHUEg The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1qGHUEg United Russia deputy Maria Maksakova has claimed that party primaries in St. Petersburg were fraudulent, the Dozhd TV news channel reported Tuesday. Tue, 24 May 2016 14:28:38 +0300 http://ift.tt/1NJOKE9 The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://ift.tt/1NJOKE9 The Russian Security Council has warned that alleged American espionage activities on Russia's borders is increasing the risk of an "emergency situation." Tue, 24 May 2016 19:27:09 +0300
Russian speaking people in Dubai in 2016 are like this. At least they all find themselves joined by the language they speak and by the one ancestry country. It's funny how 25 years after USSR collapse they all are still can be joined by being labeled "USSR" no matter which Tajikistan or Latvia they come from. Even the accent is the almost same, because for most the native language is still Russian.
Also, there is no such country as "Tatarstan".
Russian speaking people in Dubai in 2016 are like this. At least they all find themselves joined by the language they speak and by the one ancestry country. It's funny how 25 years after USSR collapse they all are still can be joined by being labeled "USSR" no matter which Tajikistan or Latvia they come from. Even the accent is the almost same, because for most the native language is still Russian.
As its being told, Russian capital Moscow was destroyed by fire in early 19th century. Napoleon raided the city and also burned it. So basically the city we know now is different from what it was before 200 years ago. Most of the buildings were made out of "white stone", including the Kremlin. Of course there are no photos of this time, but there are plenty of vintage engraved pictures of that times which we have here for your viewing pleasure.
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As its being told, Russian capital Moscow was destroyed by fire in early 19th century. Napoleon raided the city and also burned it. So basically the city we know now is different from what it was before 200 years ago. Most of the buildings were made out of "white stone", including the Kremlin. Of course there are no photos of this time, but there are plenty of vintage engraved pictures of that times which we have here for your viewing pleasure.
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Some people took an effort to take shots of the same places famous Russian photographer Prokudin-Gorsky has caught on camera over hundred years ago. They travelled there, framed everything exactly as it was. The result is pretty cool!
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Some people took an effort to take shots of the same places famous Russian photographer Prokudin-Gorsky has caught on camera over hundred years ago. They travelled there, framed everything exactly as it was. The result is pretty cool!
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Planes are very vulnerable during landing to be hit by a missile from the ground. Especially when they are landing in Afghanistan. Especially during the warmtimes. Especially if those planes are huge transport IL-76 planes. So Soviet pilots at times have developed a unique method to land their 150 ton heavy plane. They call it "An Afghan Landing". Huge IL-76 comes to the landing strip from an opposite side, then makes a very sharp turn and... lands! Just a crazy trick for such a huge plane. Take a look on an actual Afghan landing made in Kabul, Afghanistan airport in 1989. Also, inside one more video from outside:
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There was an automated system installed on those planes called "RITA". It had to warn pilots when the maneuvers they were taking are dangerous. During this kind of landing this Rita thing was constantly off or it was untolerably screaming all the way down.
Another video, from 2014. Pilots in Orenburg decided to commemorate an anniversary of Soviet army withdrawal from Afghanistan by flying their IL-76 above the Orenburg city, showing an example of an "Afghan Landing". People were panicking and calling police en masse. You can here the "RITA" alarm squeaking inside the cabin.
Also, when one pilot was asked: "How could you come out with such a crazy idea?" he answered: "Want to live? Would land like this no problem".
Planes are very vulnerable during landing to be hit by a missile from the ground. Especially when they are landing in Afghanistan. Especially during the warmtimes. Especially if those planes are huge transport IL-76 planes. So Soviet pilots at times have developed a unique method to land their 150 ton heavy plane. They call it "An Afghan Landing". Huge IL-76 comes to the landing strip from an opposite side, then makes a very sharp turn and... lands! Just a crazy trick for such a huge plane. Take a look on an actual Afghan landing made in Kabul, Afghanistan airport in 1989. Also, inside one more video from outside:
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There was an automated system installed on those planes called "RITA". It had to warn pilots when the maneuvers they were taking are dangerous. During this kind of landing this Rita thing was constantly off or it was untolerably screaming all the way down.
Another video, from 2014. Pilots in Orenburg decided to commemorate an anniversary of Soviet army withdrawal from Afghanistan by flying their IL-76 above the Orenburg city, showing an example of an "Afghan Landing". People were panicking and calling police en masse. You can here the "RITA" alarm squeaking inside the cabin.
Also, when one pilot was asked: "How could you come out with such a crazy idea?" he answered: "Want to live? Would land like this no problem".
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After months of helpful effort of glorious Red Army on the Middle East, Syrian brothers make such videos? How cool is this, Assad?!A few photos from first in the world (?) or first in Europe (??) or maybe just first in Russia first flying spaghetti monster, or Pastafarianism church. The one whose adepts take a photo in mesh collanders on their heads for the driving license and the ones who say "Ramen!" instead of "Amen". Take a look.
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A few photos from first in the world (?) or first in Europe (??) or maybe just first in Russia first flying spaghetti monster, or Pastafarianism church. The one whose adepts take a photo in mesh collanders on their heads for the driving license and the ones who say "Ramen!" instead of "Amen". Take a look.
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