English | Russian |
betrayal of the motherland | измена родине (bookworm) |
glavny starshina of the ship | главный корабельный старшина (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glavny_starshina_of_the_ship 4uzhoj) |
lower bank of the Volga covered with sand | пески |
Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications | Министерство культуры и массовых коммуникаций (bookworm) |
Palace of the Pioneers | Дворец Пионеров (bigmaxus) |
punish a child by having them stand in a corner of the room facing the corner | поставить в угол (SirReal) |
vertical of power | вертикаль власти (Putin has created what he calls a "vertical of power," something unlike any we see in other great nations. The entire structure of Russian political power rests on one man. // CNN bookworm) |