@NinaByzantina ...and Russian-made buckwheat. And I don't even like buckwheat! ;)
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@NinaByzantina i am learning to like it, considered to be one of superfoods by health gurus in my part of the world along with beetroot -
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@NinaByzantina funny...old russian buckwheat, beets, millet (part of posh macrobiotic diet), fermented dairy and vegs! We have the best! )) - 1 more reply
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We remember 1991-98 quite well, actually: this is when we first got the taste of real Western-style democracy in
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@NinaByzantina@chihuahua55 no such thing as "western" democracy the only democracy ever was in ancient Greek slave poleis. Express clearer -
@R_Kuzmin I am obviously being facetious.@chihuahua55
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...and then there's tvorog (quark), the making of which is complicated by the fact that raw milk is mostly illegal. :D
@TanyaLangridge1Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NinaByzantina russian chocks definitely! Krasniy Oktyabr, Rot Front, Babaevskiy, Krupskaya chocolate factory in St Petersburg! Excellent!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NinaByzantina I second that! I found tarkhun yesterday and yelped for joy. literally had a small rush of happiness. bizarre that :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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