[Clemenza]

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has started the corruption clean-up campaign with an informal ban on visiting bath houses (banyas) for government officials, The Independent daily reports.

Joke if you must, but bath houses in Russia are NOTHING like the bath houses in, say, San Francisco. Traditionally, they have been a place where men meet to schmooze while a Babushka gives them a rubdown.

[jb6]

If you mean homosexuality, you're off by a mile.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

bath houses in Russia are NOTHING like the bath houses in, say, San Francisco

I'd prefer Russia's bath houses and Frisco's cuisine...