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A Russian spa in San Francisco is offering Ukrainians free spa passes
SF Gate ^
 | 2/25/2022
 | By Joshua Bote
Posted on 02/25/2022 12:46:51 PM PST by NohSpinZone
A Russian spa in San Francisco has declared this weekend the “Weekend of Ukraine,” offering anyone with a Ukrainian passport free spa passes. 
Archimedes Banya, a Russian banya, or bathhouse, with elements of Greek, Turkish and German spa and steam room culture, issued a statement to its customers over email Thursday in support of Ukraine, after Russian forces launched an invasion of Ukraine. 
“We, the staff at Archimedes Banya, are supporting the independence and national sovereignty of Ukraine, and express our condolences to the Ukrainian people suffering from the aggression,” reads the statement from spa management, which was also posted on the Archimedes Banya website Thursday. 
Abhishek Vaidya, the general manager of the spa, told SFGATE in an email that the decision was made because staff are “disappointed with what’s going on right now.” 
“Banya is a communal bathhouse,” Vaidya said in an email. “Our hope is for people to come together in solidarity.” 
The statement goes on to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for his actions. 
“We are confident that this act of aggression does not represent Russian culture and people,” reads the statement. “It represents only the dictator who does not care about his people and how the world will see them.” 
The statement concludes, “Wishing everyone peace.”
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: chat; localnews; russia; sanfrancisco; spa; ukraine
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    Baby steps...
To: NohSpinZone
    People are people.
Governments suck.
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:47:41 PM PST
by 
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
 
To: NohSpinZone
    Yea right, that cream they put on your face has hydrofluoric acid.
 
To: NohSpinZone
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:49:44 PM PST
by 
MercyFlush
(DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
 
To: NohSpinZone
    “Banya is a communal bathhouse,”
Yuck.
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:49:53 PM PST
by 
BenLurkin
((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
 
To: NohSpinZone
    Probably a Spa run by KGB to assinate Ukraine agents..
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:50:27 PM PST
by 
KeyLargo
 
To: NohSpinZone
    Translation: “Dear, community, please don’t burn our business to the ground.”
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:51:59 PM PST
by 
JME_FAN
 
To: JME_FAN
    Thats what I was thinkin’
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:53:07 PM PST
by 
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
 
To: JME_FAN
    
 In urban America, when the MSM works people up, you have to protect yourself
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:54:37 PM PST
by 
PGR88
 
To: NohSpinZone
    What could go wrong in a San Francisco bath-house?
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:54:51 PM PST
by 
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
 
To: NohSpinZone
    In other news, Hunter Biden is offering free Russian hookers to anyone with a Ukrainian passport.
 
To: NohSpinZone
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:55:10 PM PST
by 
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it)
 
To: KeyLargo
    I’d say everyone runs the risk of being “assinated” in SF.
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:57:23 PM PST
by 
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
 
To: irishjuggler
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:58:38 PM PST
by 
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
 
To: NohSpinZone
    I identify as Ukranian. Can I bring my spouse?
 
To: NWFree
    Nah, those are the Germans.
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 12:58:54 PM PST
by 
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
 
To: NohSpinZone
    A San Francisco bathhouse is giving Ukrainians “free passes”. I suspect that’s not all they will give.
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 1:07:13 PM PST
by 
Dr. Sivana
(“...life is very good without Facebook and that we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
 
To: KeyLargo
    I originally read the title as a Russian Spy.......
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 1:08:08 PM PST
by 
SPDSHDW
(You get what you let occur with no resistance. Everything Joepedo n' felons do is on your head.)
 
To: NohSpinZone
    Hmmm. Offering free showers. Where have we heard that before?
 
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posted on 
02/25/2022 1:18:19 PM PST
by 
Spok
(Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?)
 
To: BenLurkin
    “Banya is a communal bathhouse,” in San Francisco 
 Double Yuck.
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posted on 
02/25/2022 1:25:37 PM PST
by 
major_gaff
(University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
 
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