[SteamShovel]

This is a coming out party, a debutante ball for the Russian empire.

I wonder if they have started political imprisonments and executions again, for nostalgia purposes only....

[Defiant]

My dad was in St. Petersburg recently, and there was a parade. He said along the entire 3 mile route, there was a Russian soldier with machine gun every 5 yards, facing the crowd with a scowl and a big mustache.

Sounds like the Soviets we all know and love.