Links courtesy of
holyoffice, always a fun read.
From the
St Petersburg Times and the
Times Online:
It seems Russian President Vladimir Putin had an online press conference last Thursday, and got a crash course in what Internet users consider important. Asked about the possible awakening of the giant mythical octopus Cthulhu, the fourth-most popular question among the more than 150,000 sent to Putin, he said that he believed something more serious was behind the question.
Catch that? Fourth most popular question. Of the things that Russian internet users most want to ask their President about, the possibility that dread Cthulhu will rise from the deep is fourth on the list.
And what was first? Glad you asked. It seems the President may indeed one day use "giant humanoid war robots" to defend the border, but for the moment he is depending on human border guards.