Subject: пенсионера первых комсомольских бизнес-ячеек типа РТСБ and «хорохорил баланы» I so hate this text.Can someone help me with: 1. пенсионера первых комсомольских бизнес-ячеек типа РТСБ 2. «хорохорил баланы»? Context: Thanks! |
катать баланы = работать на общих, на подкатке и погрузке леса. Labour camp, GULAG |
D-50 Holy crap! Thanks! |
1. The guy, now retired, who promoted first "Komsomol business"-style ventures, like the Russian Commodity Exchange (or Khodorkovsky's KIB NTP) 2. Rolled around logs on a logging camp where he served time under a penal code article that criminalized political dissent and disloyalty, as early as the 1960s |
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