Russia is Very Quiet this Sunday… (July 8th, 2012)

Russia is Very Quiet this Sunday and Monday is a day of National Mourning…

Flags will fly at half mast, TV will not show light entertainment programs, and Orthodox services throughout the country will commemorate the several hundred victims of the floods in the Krasnodar region…

The last national day of mourning happened almost exactly a year ago, when the riverboat Bulgaria sank in the river Volga, drowning more than a hundred passengers…

Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…

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