Quote Originally Posted by BJ
I'm very worried about visiting Russian now because of this position over push-me pull-you doors. How can I be sure I'm in a building that has adequate fire exits? Should I carry my own extinguisher and breathing mask? Will they allow me in through customs with such equipment?
You need not worry about those things at all - in Russia we have the highest safety standards in the world. In the unlikely event of a fire you won't have the time to say Jack Robinson before it's been automatically extinguished. All buildings (including tool shacks and traditional countryside latrines) are equipped with sensetive smoke detectors - there have been cases of foreign visitors inadvertantly setting off smoke detectors in Russian buildings because of their dirty (by Russian, definately not by Western standards) socks and underwear - you can be sure that our smoke detectors are very sensetive indeed. Once smoke has been detected, cutting edge technology in the form of laser guided water and foam nozzles (depending on the cause of fire, which too is determined automatically by sophisticated software) will make short work of anything from the tiniest of sparkles to the greatest of conflagrations.