KhabarovskMapAugust 24–25, 2007 I do wonder whether the Chinese will take possession of Russia’s Far East? 
Please do not bring pyanse dumplings, ice cream or beer onto our premises! Will they overrun the entire region, butchering the Russian language beyond recognition?  RESTAURANTSYANGAN They won’t seize it, nor will they overrun it. We will set our army of aliens on them.  And scare them off with our transformers.  A watchful eye is being kept on local demographic trend.  Vikulya, thank you for giving me a son! Khabarovsk is obscenely clean, just like Minsk.  The city only has one drawback — the locals love to stick ads on bus shelter windows, come hell or high water.  It’s the first time I’ve seen a declaration of love scrawled on the asphalt that’s addressed to a man (cf. last time). 
Igor! A little bird has just given this crocodile the slip — what a wonderful monument.  Fantastic fire escape with protective casing.  Some of the architecture is astonishing.  Telephone boxes are long gone, but the signs remain. 
Nearest telephone box for intercity calls The power lines on the high street are pulled down by weights, just like on the railways.  The city is patrolled by pairs of coppers — him and her. It leaves a surprisingly peaceable impression.  All they’ve got to do now is learn to write “forever” as all one word. 
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