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Re:Quality control, Soviet style: Here's another fine messag... by borishn on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:57PM (#26782723)
Lots of imported liquor was sold in "Berezka" - foreign currency shops opened to foreigners.
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Re:Quality control, Soviet style: Here's another fine messag... by borishn on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:58PM (#26782739)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryozka_%28Russian_retail_sto...
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Re:Quality control, Soviet style: Here's another fine messag... by JorgeGT on Monday April 12, 2021 @07:32PM (#26786452)
Yes, but it is confusing, was "Ivan" a foreigner? We are told he was an employee of the computer firm, and that the terminals were Italian. He got a diplomatic apartment and there was a translator present in the testing day, plus a "protocol lady" (KGB minder). On the other hand, he had a Lada, so maybe from another Warsav pact country?
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