Thread: Explosion in Minsk - what happened?

I read something brief about explosions in the underground, in Minsk.
Does anyone know what it was about; who did it, and why?

Почему так расставлены знаки препинания?

Originally Posted by Marcus

Почему так расставлены знаки препинания?

Это вопрос для раздела: Learn English - Грамматика, переводы, словарный запас

Yes, punctuation is different between Russian and English. Russian doesn't use commas sometimes, where English would. Sometimes it uses commas where English would not..

I decided to leave this for later. People understand, even if the commas are not in the right place.

You should be aware that a lot of native English speakers are really bad at English grammar and make mistakes when writing. Also, lots of people use English as a second language (like me, for example, and bitpicker on this forum).
Their English may be very good, but not 100% perfect.

It took 3 days to arrest the first suspects. I wish FSB worked that good.

Ok, I'll write a report on Belarus. Before that, I'll travel through Ukraine. It seems a bit more risky there, so I won't stay long, but I really want to see the Black Sea coast of Ukraine and a couple of historical places. But really, I am a bit worried about safety, and how I'll manage in Russian. Going to Ukraine (alone!!!) seemed like a really good/cool idea in London... daydreaming about going somewhere exotic & different and practice Russian... But right at this minute I am getting cold feet! On the Lonely Planet travel forum, there are lots of cautionary tales about the dangers of Ukraine... (But if people like Gromozeka and it-ogo are anything to go by, then it's probably a great country. We shall see!)

From what I understand, it's national policy in Ukraine to write signs etc in Ukrainian as opposed to Russian, despite the fact that lots of people speak Russian as their first language. For my personal reasons, I would have thought it would be better if it was bilingual, for example.

I didn't have enough time to wait for a Russia visa, that's why I start by travelling in Ukraine (does not require a visa from EU citizens) and Belarus which had a fast track visa service. If I am still enjoying the travelling when I am in Belarus, then I'll get a Russian visa there, where a faster service is available. Else, I'll save Russia for some other time.

Ну и зря.

Да опомнитесь, какой безвизовый въезд!? Самим-то не смешно? Скорее луна позеленеет.

Originally Posted by Ramil

Да опомнитесь, какой безвизовый въезд!? Самим-то не смешно?

Я думаю, что дело в принципе взаимности: они нам сто вопросов о Ходорковском и Абхазии, а мы им сто вопросов про безвизовый режим.

Originally Posted by Hanna

That is awesome. Are you sure it's true?

Зуб даю. Вчера по ящику сказали.

Originally Posted by Юрка

Зуб даю.

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Originally Posted by Hanna

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"Зуб даю!"

Да опомнитесь, какой безвизовый въезд!? Самим-то не смешно? Скорее луна позеленеет.

Почему? Безвизовый режим выгоднее ЕС, чем России.