Posted on 12/09/2014 2:10:54 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
MOSCOW — As the falling ruble and depressed oil prices push Russia’s once-booming economy into the red, ordinary Russians are doing everything they can to lighten the mood – with black humor.
Dark humor is as much a Russian specialty as fine caviar, perfected during the more difficult years of the Soviet Union and over centuries of bleak, sunless winters. Russians routinely reach their peak joking creativity when times are their worst – and the current ruble-and-oil-and-sanctions-driven economic crisis is proving the ideal muse to inspire such irreverent expression.
“What do Russian President Vladimir Putin, the price of oil, and the ruble's value against the dollar have in common," opens one pithy wisecrack that recently made it from behind closed doors into a Bloomberg news story. “They’ll all hit 63 next year.”
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All jokes must be authorized by the State. No ad hoc joking allowed. If we want you to joke, we will tell you when and how. Remember, we know where you live!
Russian jokes are some of the best
Usually when things like this happen - war soon follows...I wonder...
The World Bank said its forecast is based on a scenario of crude prices averaging at $78 in 2015. But if oil prices fell to $70, Russia's output would shrink by 1.5 percent, it said.
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In Russia you no tell joke, joke tells you.
The Russians must have really inflated the rouble for it to fall this much.
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