Driving in Russia

Ran into this photo-essay of what a major road in Russia looks like after a little bit of rain. From EnglishRussia:

Russian Roads
This is Russian Federal highway Moscow city - Yakutsk City, named �Lena�, nowadays.

The road doesn�t have asfalt surface, though it is a Federal, vital highway.

Everytime it rains the road gets paralized, these shots are made a few days before the traffic jam for 600 cars got stuck there. Hunger and lack of the fuel followed, according to the witnesses. One woman gave a born to a child right in the public bus she was riding.

Construction team afraids to appear on site because during their previous visit it was beaten by people who stuck in the jam for a few days. People breaking the locks on the trucks, in a search of food and warm cloths.

Fuel, food, firearms and steel tow-line are the things that are needed most these days on this Federal highway.

Three of the many photos from this site:



What happens when years of communism are replaced with a Mafia. We have an extended community of Russian people living in our area and they are somewhat insular but very very nice people (and committed to being American dammit!). They will do well...