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The pictures Putin doesn't want you to see: Photographers reveal their pictures
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 1/18/2014 | Zoe Szathmary

Posted on 01/19/2014 6:42:46 AM PST by rktman

Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen spent 5 years in region photographing ordinary life Say Sochi is unlikely spot for Winter Games...because there's no snow Photos include portraits of strippers and children holding Kalashnikovs Say area is plagued with various problems and that 'There's a big chance terrorists will try to disrupt these Games

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: arnoldvanbruggen; commieland; olympics; paradise; putinsbuttboys; robhornstra; russia; sochi
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Is there any wonder the state dept. put out travel alerts? Are your kids olympians? Maybe they should stay home too. And just wait until the MAIGgots and moms demand (a little) action see the kids with ACTUAL AK's. Hokey pokey. Are they gonna truck the snow in? Maybe algore should be on the case. STAT! All he has to do is declare it too hot and viola! It'll snow.
1 posted on 01/19/2014 6:42:46 AM PST by rktman
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These photographers wouldn’t have an axe to grind (cough! homosexual agenda...cough!) would they?


2 posted on 01/19/2014 6:49:43 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
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I don’t see what is so wrong with the photos.


3 posted on 01/19/2014 6:53:25 AM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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Disappointment...

I misread this and thought it was “strippers WITH Kalashnikovs”

Now I’m bummed...


4 posted on 01/19/2014 6:55:59 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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Oh please. This is all bias. The Olympics are coming to Rio. Take photos in Rio for 5 years of the worst areas and no one would ever go there. The DailyMail is publishing these on behalf of homosexual activists who want to damage Russia.


5 posted on 01/19/2014 6:59:30 AM PST by montag813
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Not the mental image that “Olga” normally conjures up for me. Is that a pillow or a dog?
6 posted on 01/19/2014 7:01:25 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ever since Russia announced their policy on homosexuals...seems a lot of folks have gone really anti-Russia and anti-Putin...even some of the posters on FR. The pro-Heterosexual Russian policy has put a lot of undergarments in a wad


7 posted on 01/19/2014 7:07:43 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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>> I don’t see what is so wrong with the photos. <<

I do think there is a chance of terrorism at the Olympic events, but that’s a risk at any large gathering of people in this day and age.

“children holding Kalashnikovs”
This is obviously awful. They could, you know, shoot something sitting there on their Granddad’s couch. /s


8 posted on 01/19/2014 7:07:52 AM PST by Nonsense Unlimited
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Don’t really see what is wrong with those photos.
And why do Russians like hanging rugs on their walls???


9 posted on 01/19/2014 7:08:26 AM PST by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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Oh please. This is all bias. The Olympics are coming to Rio. Take photos in Rio for 5 years of the worst areas and no one would ever go there. The DailyMail is publishing these on behalf of homosexual activists who want to damage Russia


So true. A Rio favela would make some of these Russian areas look like the Hamptons or Palm Beach


10 posted on 01/19/2014 7:09:23 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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And why do Russians like hanging rugs on their walls???

Occasional wet floors due to condensation, flooding? Just guessing.

11 posted on 01/19/2014 7:11:24 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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Exactly what I was thinking. In fact these pics seem pretty mild compared to the shantytowns of Brazil.


12 posted on 01/19/2014 7:13:42 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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strippers

Found everywhere.

and children holding Kalashnikovs

That's slightly unusual, but cool. My kids would love to have Kalashnikovs.

Say area is plagued with various problems

Name an area of the world that isn't.

and that 'There's a big chance terrorists will try to disrupt these Games

Yes, there is. There would be no matter where the games were held.

To me, the only really effective criticism is that the place doesn't have snow. If it's true, and it disrupts the events, then that's a pretty serious problem.

13 posted on 01/19/2014 7:14:44 AM PST by Tax-chick (I don't want to set the world on fire.)
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...And why do Russians like hanging rugs on their walls???...

Insulation perhaps. That's one reason in the Middle Ages tapestries were hung over cold rock walls in castles.

14 posted on 01/19/2014 7:16:06 AM PST by FReepaholic (Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
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To: SeminoleCounty

Hell, there are places in D.C. that would make this look like the Saudi Royal Palace.


15 posted on 01/19/2014 7:16:47 AM PST by The Toll
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To: escapefromboston

And why do Russians like hanging rugs on their walls???


Extra insulation to make up for thin walls?


16 posted on 01/19/2014 7:18:25 AM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OF COURSE NOT, HOW DARE YOU IMPLY SUCH A THING!!


17 posted on 01/19/2014 7:18:59 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Tax-chick

Kalashnikov in Russia = Red Ryder Lever Action Air Rifle with a compas in the stock.


18 posted on 01/19/2014 7:20:45 AM PST by The Toll
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To: The Toll

What every boy expects for his 8th birthday ...


19 posted on 01/19/2014 7:22:04 AM PST by Tax-chick (I don't want to set the world on fire.)
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To: SeminoleCounty

Mentioning anything anti-gay in public will bring the wrath of the tolerant. So much for free speech. Russia is just the latest that dare speak against it but the results are the same.


20 posted on 01/19/2014 7:25:41 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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