Thursday, 1 October 2026 · Almaty

Russia Is Not Only Bears, Vodka and the Balalaika

Russia Is Not Only Bears, Vodka and the Balalaika

Russia is not only bears, vodka and the balalaika. It is also a three-metre mammoth tusk priced like a studio flat, on a classified-ads site. The photograph, incidentally, is splendid.

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