Russia to Open Up Gulags as “Tourist Camps”?

Russia’s hard labor camps, known as gulags, could now be preserved and turned  into “tourist camps”. The  plan was announced this week by the regional tourist department  in eastern Siberia

 

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10 years ago

Oh, those Russians, ever the tricksters.  Troop build-up on the Ukraine border = maneuvers.  Summer in the gulag = fun in the sun. Yekaterina, you clever girl, you.

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10 years ago

So I’ve finally heard of a place that I want to go even less than the “Jihadi hotspots of Afghanistan”!

 

Thanks, but no thanks.  My grandfather died in one of those gulags.  The Puttinites aren’t getting a dime of my tourist money — not that megabillionaire Putin needs it.

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