Svetlana Medvedev no babushka (New Russian First Lady)

Globe and Mail ^ | March 7, 2008 | Jane Armstrong

[Loyalist]

[Slapshot68]

You sure you didn’t pull these from a Russian bride catalog?

;)

[the invisib1e hand]

gee I'm sure she'll bring a real depth and compassion for the human condition to the razor-wired walls of the kremlin.

Incredible chest, however.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

She looks Russian, for sure. Glad she doesn’t sport one of those awful Russian leather jackets they seem to favor...

[Thrownatbirth]

I’d hit it. Twice.

[Dog]

LOL!

[dfwgator]

“Evening Wear.....Very Nice.”

[1rudeboy]

Check out that second photo. You don't stand a chance. It would be like the first encounter between the Marines and the aliens in Alien. Game over, man.

[Skooz]

Funniest commercial ever.

Infuriated the Russkies, however.

[Skip Ripley]

I’d hit it twice...grab a beer and a sammich and hit it a third time. Then I’d ask if she has any sisters.... :)

[Thrownatbirth]

Nah, I was stationed at the consulate in Leningrad in the 70's. The Soviets plied me with KGB broads. :-)

At 42, Svetlana seems to have nicely avoided the dreaded "Ed McMahon syndrome" that normally hits Russian women her age.

[MSF BU]

Sounds good! Were you allowed to sample the local talent?

[Thrownatbirth]

Only at the Intourist hotel and I had to be in uniform. I was pretty sure we were being videotaped, so I decided to make my country proud.

[1rudeboy]

I went home with a waitress,
The way I always do.
How was I to know,
She was with the Russians too?
--RIP Warren Zevon, "Lawyers, Guns, and Money"

[Slapshot68]

“At 42, Svetlana seems to have nicely avoided the dreaded “Ed McMahon syndrome” that normally hits Russian women her age.”

Nope, she’s definitely a keeper.

[cricket]

It appears that unlike many of Russia's 'notables'; Svetlana has not known the desperation of a hunger strike.

[Moose4]

Boobskis!

}:-)4

[Thrownatbirth]

How was I to know, She was with the Russians too?

You start seeing double after one Czech beer. My State Dept. lackey warned me about agents slipping you mickeys.

[1rudeboy]

In Lithuania, they save money on the pharmeceuticals by simply inviting you “home,” and having their “boyfriends” beat you up and take your wallet. Now that I think about it, that technique is universal . . . it’s just that the women are so darn gorgeous you lose your mind.

[Thrownatbirth]

The Soviets usually kept a lid on that, so I was pretty safe. That, and I stuck out like a sore thumb in my blue crackerjack suit. In the streets, I usually had an entourage of school kids trying out their English or Great Patriotic war vets who wanted to buy me a drink. It was very cool.