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Big Brother

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:05:00 +0600

The Interra Youth Forum opening. The Opera Theatre, Novosibirsk, Russia.

Look!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:59:00 +0600

Contemporary Art Exhibition "Look!" opened today in Novosibirsk.

The opening was very exciting: pornographic pictures on the walls were in abundance, the musicians were wonderful, a cultural critic Sergey Samoilenko talked to vice-governor Andrei Filichev, as a modern artist Slava Mizin of the "Blue Noses" group launched fireworks from his own pants.

And this, my friends, is the primary sensation of the evening: Gary Oldman came to the opening of the exhibition in Novosibirsk!

Mr Oldman friendly talked to local residents and even made a commentary for TV. By the way, Robin Williams came to Novosibirsk to watch the total solar eclipse last year.

Statue of Liberty from Scrap Metal

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:58:00 +0600

Photos by Lugerovski.

The replica of the Statue of Liberty was built from scrap metal in Russian city of Yelabuga. Oh, those Russian sculptors.

Green City

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:14:00 +0600

Peeing Panda Fountain. Photos by Dmitry Kobsev.

Architectural Festival "Green City" was held in the Altay Mountains (Russia) in early August. Participants built architectural objects from materials that can be found at the scene. According to organizers, this is one of the principles of eco-architecture. The aim of the festival was to create a model architecture that is able to blend with the environment.

Our colleague Dmitry Kobsev, who visited architectural festival, said metkere.com, that he was impressed by impractical objects, like The Temple of Wind or The City of Flowers. "This is a bare idea, a sort of concept, not a claim for housing", - said Dmitry Kobsev.

Related article: "We are the Champions" in Altay Language.

Reverse Fairytale

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:23:05 +0600

Amazing Russian band Plan GoBla performs songs backwards live without any special effects. This time they reversed the song Fairytale by the winner of Eurovision-2009 Alexander Rybak.

At 1:55 the video begins to play in the opposite direction and you can listen to the song in its normal sound.

Miss Wet T-Shirt in Kiev

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:05:00 +0600

Tatiana Savitskaya (right) won the competition. Photos by Yaroslav Debely / Korrespondent.net.

Miss Wet T-Shirt contest took place in Kiev on July 25. Tatiana Savitskaya (17), a student of the Kiev Institute of International Relations, won the competition. She got a trip to Turkey and the opportunity to get on the cover of one of the men's magazines.

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ISS toilet breaks down

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:51:34 +0600

The main toilet has broken down on the International Space Station (ISS), currently home to a record 13 astronauts.

Mission Control told the crew to hang an "out of service" sign until the toilet can be fixed. ISS residents are using a back-up toilet in the Russian part of the station.

If repairs fail, Apollo-era urine collection bags are on hand, Nasa said.

Moonwalk in Moscow

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:56:00 +0600

A nice tribute to Michael Jackson: Russians dance "like MJ" in streets of Moscow.

Previously at metkere.com: Spider-Man in Moscow, Mummies at Red Square and "We are the Champions" in Altay Language.

Olialia Cola

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:39:00 +0600

A Lithuanian soda brand Olialia Cola could easily win a prize for the most sexy Cola ad.

Previously at metkere.com: Naked Lush.

Floating Nuclear Plants in Russia

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:06:40 +0600

World’s first floating nuclear power plant will go into operation on Russia’s eastern coast by the end of 2012.

A Russian manufacture O.P.K. is building the plant in the shape of a ship 144 meters (472 feet) in length and 30 meters (98 feet) wide to accommodate two 35-megawatt reactors. Construction of the plant, called KLT-40C, began in February this year.

The advantages of floating nuclear plants include maneuverability of the machines so that they can be serviced, as well as the ability to be towed near remote settlements or sites of energy-intensive industries — like water desalination — where need is greatest for electricity.

Blogging from Novosibirsk

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:33:00 +0600

We continue to talk to foreigners, who visited Novosibirsk, about their life in this city. Markus Trapp and Stefan Rybkowski took part in a Russian-German bloggers meeting called sib_STANCIJA this march.

Photos by Maya Shelkovnikova.

Stefan Rybkowski: «Novosibirsk looks like Eastern Germany»

— Did you know anything about Novosibirsk before you came here? What were your expectations?

— As soon as I knew I would go to Novosibirsk I checked the Wikipedia entry and the weather. I was shocked how could it normally is there (although it’s Siberia). But in march, when I arrived it was only -10 degrees and I could easily handle the temperature.

In terms of expections I thought that Siberia, especially Novosibirsk, was more like a third-world country, but it is pretty modern and it’s people are very progressive (so are the prices). Unfortunately, a lot of people didn’t speak English which surprised be to be honest.

— Can you compare Novosibirsk to any other cities around the world you have ever been to?

— That’s a difficult question. To be quite honest with you: Eastern Germany. Compared to the region I live the East of Germany is pretty poor and especially the architecture — if you can call it that — is similar to the one in Novosibirsk (I am particularly talking about the Eastern German cities I know, not all of them are ugly, Dresden for example is pure eye candy).

All the buildings made with precast concrete slabs aren’t that beautiful. However, Novosibirsk has some promising projects (e.g. hotels, company buildings) as far as I could see during the city tour.

— What frustrated you most about being here?

— Well, if at all anything frustrated me than the thing with the language. At the hotel some people wanted to talk with us but we didn’t speak Russian and they didn’t speak German or English.

— And what made you glad?

— Oh, there are too many things that made me happy. First of all the people of Novosibirsk. Much more friendly and likeable than the people at the airports and in Moscow. I also liked the weather — at least to a certain degree, because I prefer winter to summer. And, of course, the fact that I had the honor the be part of sib_STANCIJA and the blogger meeting.

— Did you took anything from Novosibirsk as a souvenir?

— No, not really. Some empty bottles of drinks we don’t have in Germany (or at least not in this specific shape or package). If a souvenir can also be something non-material than I would say a lot of new friends, a lot of experience and knowledge of Russia and especially Siberia.

Markus Trapp: «Novosibirsk is like Chihuahua»

— Did you know anything about Novosibirsk before you came here? What were your expectations?

— I have to admit, that I knew very little about Novosibirsk before coming to that place. Sure, I knew that it is one of Russias greatest cities, that it is the capital of Siberia and that it is an important station of the Transsibirian Railway. I expected to know a city in a very, very cold region and I suspected, that the people living there couldt also be «cold», in a matter of personally distant or something like that.

— Can you compare Novosibirsk to any other cities around the world you have ever been to?

— It would be natural for a German, who got to know an other russian city, I mean Moskow, to compare Novosibirsk to the capital of Russia, but I just spent two days there, so it’s difficult to compare.

Maybe I can compare it with a city of the other side of the world, with Chihuahua, a reginal capital in the north of Mexico, where I lived for one year during my studies (of Hispanic Literature). Chihuahua has one million of habitants and is also a city very far away from the national capital of Mexico. And the people there also suffer extreme temperatures, but the other way around; there is always very hot in Chihuahua, sometimes 40 degress or more. But the people always are adapting to the climatic situations and they learn to liv ewith it. I think, thats something that peolpe in Novosbirsk and Chihuahua have in common.

— What frustrated you most about being here?

— Not to speak your language. I wish I knew some russian, to make better conversations with the people I met. I’m very interested in what other people are thinking. I like to exchange experiences, impressions. For that, it’s necessary to speak the language of the peope you’re interested in. English was our compromise to be able to talk to each other, but as you can notice in this answers, my English is very poor. And my Russian — and that’s a pity — is non-existant.

— And what made you glad?

— To learn that my expectations didn’t come true. I knew very friendly, openly, interested people, who very great hosts. I was glad too realize, that we have a lot in common, even living so far from each other. And in our conversation about, the meaning of the internet, especially the blogging has for us, we couldt realize, that there are more things, that we have in common, than the few differencies, we knew.

— Did you took anything from Novosibirsk as a souvenir?

— A cup with a picture of the beautiful Opera theatre that we received as a present on our first day in the city. When I drink coffee from it, I remeber that wonderful five days I spent there, and especially I think of the night, when we saw the «Romeo and Juliet» movie with the live-companion of the simphonic orchestra.

Sounds cheesy, but that’s what souvenirs are for: to remember a place, where you have been. And I like to remember that wonderful city and even more that beautiful and friendly peolpe I knew in that short period of time.

World's Strongest Vagina Discovered in Novosibirsk

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:17:00 +0600

Tatiana Kozhevnikova with her balls. Photos: intimfitness.com.

A Russian woman has set a new world record, lifting a 14-kg glass ball with her vagina muscles. Tatiana Kozhevnikova of Novosibirsk, aged 42, has been exercising her intimate muscles for fifteen years.

“After I had a child, my intimate muscles got unbelievably weak. I read books on Dao and learned that ancient women used to deal with this problem using wooden balls”, she said. “I looked around, saw a Murano glass ball and inserted it in my vagina. It took me ages to get it out!”

There're some shocking photos and a video of this wonder-woman:

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First Beer Commercial in North Korea

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:12:10 +0600

North Korea’s latest launch is not missiles, but a TV advertising campaign for a locally-brewed beer.

The advert, billed as the "Pride of Pyongyang", promises drinkers that the beer will help ease stress. "It represents the new look of Pyongyang. It will be a familiar part of our lives", the advert says.

Taedonggang Beer Factory has been making the brew since 2002.

Michael Shalenko-Jackson

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:31:06 +0600

A Russian woman from Novosibirsk region has decided to name her newborn son after Michael Jackson.

Jackson fan Yevgenia Shalenko, 29, gave birth to a boy on the day of the pop legend's death.

"My son’s birthday is both the happiest and the saddest day of my life, as the first thing I learned after recovering from labor was that Jackson had died", Shalenko told.

The woman has already filed a request to register her son as Michael Shalenko-Jackson.

Spider-Man in Moscow

Thu, 14 May 2009 03:04:20 +0600

A natural gas pipeline exploded in western Moscow early Sunday, sending flames up to 200 meters into the air in what a top city official called the largest fire in the capital since World War II.

The spectacular fire drew a large crowd of onlookers, including a person who showed up wearing a Spider-Man suit but abstained from any attempts at heroics. «Mayor himself called me! — Spider-Man announced to everyone. — He asked me to save Moscow from fire!»

More photos of fire and it“s consequences.