...then again, I don't know what 5 years in a Russian prison is in American prison years.
RFE/RL: A St. Petersburg court has sentenced a history teacher to five years in prison for stealing dozens of works from the Hermitage Museum. Nikolai Zavadsky pleaded guilty to stealing more than 200 silver and enamel artifacts worth an estimated $5 million. Zavadsky said he sold the items to pawnshops and used the money to buy insulin for his diabetic wife, Larisa, who was a curator at the museum. The court also ordered Zavadsky to pay the Hermitage 7.3 million rubles ($283,000) in damages.
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Странно, Российские новости говорят другое: что Завадский воловар просто потому, что его жена была такая строгая и злая (http://www.grani.ru/Culture/m.119246.html). Вот это интереснее, почитай: http://www.grani.ru/Culture/art/m.119436.html
Are they insinuating it was the wife's fault?
They said it was his fault, but he was doing everything under his wife's pressure.
They always blame a woman...
I'm not talking about blaming a woman or a man, but about the difference between the same story in the Russian news and the American news. Did you read the article in the American news, didn't you?
Yes, Kristina, and I'm just kidding around by the way. :)
Sorry, didn't catch your joke (English is not my first language).
No worries, if you had met me before you'd know I'm often sarcastic. :)
I think I've met you once :)
The previous comment was from me.
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