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Re:A Supermarket Visit Brought Down the Soviet Union by RyJones on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:39PM (#34406443)
I grew up with a guy that had a similar experience escorting Russian people in Florida? Alabama? Somewhere in the south where we hid defectors until everything was straight. He was driving some guy around who thought it was a guided tour to Potemkin villages, so he pulled out a map and said pick a place.

They drove to whatever that town was and he said, pick a store. After a couple of hours, I think his mind was blown.

This was a fairly rural, poor part of the state. Later they went to Atlanta and the guy was gaga over... everything.

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Re:A Supermarket Visit Brought Down the Soviet Union by Mountain_Skies on Monday January 16, 2023 @07:11PM (#34407365)
There was a Russian group that made a stop at Cumberland Mall in suburban Atlanta. On that particular day, there was a shooting in the food court, so they got much more of the American experience than they expected. No one in their group was harmed but I'm sure it made an impression.
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