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Feb 9 / 4:19am

Medvedev pities poor cows

by Kerkko Paananen

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered to stop setting clocks one hour back as of autumn 2011. “When the clocks change, people experience stress and may develop an ailment," he said. “Switching to daylight saving time and back [...] disrupts human biorhythms. People are irritated, they either oversleep or wake up too early, and do not know how to spend that extra hour. That is not to mention poor cows and other domestic animals, which know nothing about the time change and wonder why milkmaids arrive late,” Medvedev said.

Russia's ruling party, United Russia, appealed to Medvedev on 1 February 2011 to have the seasonal time switch abolished. "The party receives plenty of appeals from people who want the seasonal time switch abolished because it causes health problems. People complain about stress, sleep disorders, reduction of labour productivity, and frustration, as well as about more serious problems, such as intestinal disorders, high blood pressure, and weakening of the immune system,” first deputy head of the party faction, Tatiana Yakovleva said.

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15933996

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Jan 19 / 12:42am

Premier Pu's Palace

by Kerkko Paananen

"Russian WikiLeaks" RuLeaks, established by the Russian Pirate Party, has published pictures of a luxurious Italian-style palace that is reportedly being built for the personal use of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the village of Praskoveevka on the Black Sea shore.

Details of the palace were revealed in an open letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, written by Sergey Kolesnikov, a former partner in the project. In his letter, available at CorruptionFreeRussia.com, Mr Kolesnikov estimated the total cost of the palace at well over USD 1 billion.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian city paper, Gazeta po-kievski, calculated that Putin has altogether 18 residences. The only world leader with more palaces is North Korea's Kim Jong-il. Putin's primary residence is in Novo-Ogaryovo, 30 km from Moscow, where has has lived for over 10 years.

http://community.livejournal.com/ru_wikileaks/51292.html

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