> Russia’s Trade Ministry has decided that white copy paper is now dangerous for Russians’ health and must be avoided at all costs.
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> “We have learned that this kind of gleaming, white office paper is harmful to human health,” Deputy Trade Minister Oleg Bocharov said, according to RIA Novosti.
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> “It turns out that paper with a rougher texture is better for your eyes.”
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> The reality is much simpler: Sanctions imposed on Russia after President Vladimir Putin ordered the illegal invasion of Ukraine in February has left paper manufacturers without whitening chemicals for paper. Normally, Russian manufacturers relied on imports from Finland to do the trick.
And other cool stories like that from the mighty superpower.
Clean water weaken your immune system, from now on water in the pipes will be untreated.
This really shouldn’t be real. I could imagine such a headline from North Korea or stalinist Romania back in the day, or Mao’s China.
They’ve made such a joke of themselves
>Instead of producing cars with the right parts, they decided to just pump out cars without key safety mechanisms. The company decided to restart production and is now producing cars without safety features like air bags, anti-lock braking systems, and emergency retraction locks on seat belts.
Russia stronk! Only strong people should be driving cars in Russia anyway
You should see how communist toilet paper looked. And felt. Ugh.
“War is peace”. George Orwell said it in (the book) 1984 and the soviet NKVD was one of his inspirations. I’m sure today there is a FSB or MVD handbook somewhere teaching how to twist reality like that.
in other news [putin never fell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JsS7WQLh0) on the ice, he was cleaning the carpet – which had become dirty because of degenerate western capitalist dust particles
>“We’ve got potatoes, full stop,” the ministry said on Telegram. “The Russian market is fully provided with potatoes.”
As long as their benchmark is 1845 Ireland, they’re doing great!
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> Russia’s Trade Ministry has decided that white copy paper is now dangerous for Russians’ health and must be avoided at all costs.
>
> “We have learned that this kind of gleaming, white office paper is harmful to human health,” Deputy Trade Minister Oleg Bocharov said, according to RIA Novosti.
>
> “It turns out that paper with a rougher texture is better for your eyes.”
>
> The reality is much simpler: Sanctions imposed on Russia after President Vladimir Putin ordered the illegal invasion of Ukraine in February has left paper manufacturers without whitening chemicals for paper. Normally, Russian manufacturers relied on imports from Finland to do the trick.
And other cool stories like that from the mighty superpower.
Clean water weaken your immune system, from now on water in the pipes will be untreated.
This really shouldn’t be real. I could imagine such a headline from North Korea or stalinist Romania back in the day, or Mao’s China.
They’ve made such a joke of themselves
>Instead of producing cars with the right parts, they decided to just pump out cars without key safety mechanisms. The company decided to restart production and is now producing cars without safety features like air bags, anti-lock braking systems, and emergency retraction locks on seat belts.
Russia stronk! Only strong people should be driving cars in Russia anyway
You should see how communist toilet paper looked. And felt. Ugh.
“War is peace”. George Orwell said it in (the book) 1984 and the soviet NKVD was one of his inspirations. I’m sure today there is a FSB or MVD handbook somewhere teaching how to twist reality like that.
in other news [putin never fell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JsS7WQLh0) on the ice, he was cleaning the carpet – which had become dirty because of degenerate western capitalist dust particles
>“We’ve got potatoes, full stop,” the ministry said on Telegram. “The Russian market is fully provided with potatoes.”
As long as their benchmark is 1845 Ireland, they’re doing great!