Mike, yes the beer is dirt cheap! Not that Bud isn't here...
mspart, yes it's truly beyond belief that the central bank which used to be autonomous, independent of any party, finally has come under the control of this one man regime. Pure lunacy, the way he has consistently slashed interest rates despite staggeringly high inflation. Turks will get rid of him soon.
The worlds can be anywhere really. Without Russia, it doesn't feel right anyway. I feel bad for Sadulaev, Vlasov, Musaev etc...none of them ethnically Russian. And the "Russian" wrestlers as well.