"Pencil" in Russian is "карандаш", or "karandash". Caran d'Ache were the first to get pencils to Russia, so that became the name, like a hoover, aspirin or escalato… (View Post)

I had the same thought, but the first major act of embezzlement wasn't until 2016, unless there was more than the police didn't find out about. (View Post)

You can make up theoretical, "mathematically possible" scenarios where that happens, but it doesn't happen in practice. If the effective number of parties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki… (View Post)

Sweden has reached its target of fewer than five percent of the population smoking regularly – and is consequently considered "smoke-free". https://www.thelocal.com/20260525/incredible-mile… (View Post)

Stop telling them they are the source of all ills in the country? I think that would go a long way to improve integration. (View Post)