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That was probably the case also during the Soviet era. It may well be the case even today.
by ufocia 3y ago
That was probably the case also during the Soviet era. It may well be the case even today.
- thriftwy 3y agoI believe that during the Soviet era, almost every position will be "on the guard" not just the yard keeper (as depicted in "The Diamond Arm" of 1968). After the Soviet era, yard-keeping services are way understaffed to be useful for that, and also mostly rely on immigrant labor lately. Still, you can never be sure.
- ufocia 3y agoI wasn't aware that Russia has immigrant labor, though I shouldn't have been surprised given their relative economic strength.
- 082349872349872 3y agoSome music video commentary on russian immigrant labour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fix7P6aGXQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fix7P6aGXQ (Uzbek artist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7pSztJFomE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7pSztJFomE (Circassian artist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ugivNRYfjc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ugivNRYfjc (Russian artist — for the taxi driving character introduced at 3:30) these are all from about a decade back; there's no doubt been much more since...
- thriftwy 3y agoNotes from the Underground Internets.
- 082349872349872 3y agoIt is rather dark —an almost impenetrable night— in this crocodile, but at least it has USB-C charging and the 5G reception is excellent, so —thus far anyway— it hasn't affected my HN habit. (I must admit I ♥ the MC Doni lyric: "إن شاء الله или c'est la vie". Anyone know of a lyrical line that beats it, either with four languages, or scripts written in three different directions [r-to-l, l-to-r, u-to-d?], etc?)
- chupasaurus 3y agoTajikistan's embassy and consulates are situated in 5 out of 6 Western districts of Russia, guess why.
- int_19h 3y agoRussia has enough immigrant labor to fuel the existence of things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_Against_Illegal_Immigration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_Against_Illegal_Immig....
- hulitu 3y agoOnly in dictatorships. We don't have informants in democracies. We have phones. /s