You probably don’t watch TV. Here’s an invigorating video for you.

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http://youtu.be/RiOIH7sMqM4 The bit with Limonov (Eduard Limonov, Russian writer and political figure) and the dramatic reading of Sobchak’s interview is especially great.  It’s a pity they didn’t also dramatically read the interview with another society-pages character, who has devoted his life to making sure Russian disabled orphans patriotically remain in Russian orphanages and do not suffer the humiliation of foreign adoption and the subsequent life abroad. The hero knows firsthand how hard it is to live far from one’s homeland: — Pavel, Svetlana, many Russian women now give birth abroad. But you didn’t even take your two-month-old son to Moscow for his christening. Have you finally decided to stay here, on the French Riviera? Pavel: No, of course not. I’m from Moscow, and I don’t leave it for long, since that’s where the two of us are living now with our middle son, Artyom. I just shuttle here to the French Riviera almost every weekend—otherwise I’m afraid the baby will forget me.

http://7days.ru/article/chronic/pavel-astakhov-nas-s-zhenoy-pytalis-razvesti/1 Apparently, there just wasn’t enough airtime. By the way, where do Dmitry Kiselyov’s children live? And where does he himself spend his leisure time? Judging by the zeal of his denunciations, this clearly isn’t a story without a little house in Spain.

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