re: #53 Sergey Romanov

Like the old Soviet joke:

A line waiting outside a butcher’s shop, awaiting a shipment. The director comes out and announces: “Our shipment has been cut, no Jews will be served, you can all go home.”

So they leave

A bit later he comes out and announces: “We are getting even less than expected: only ethnic Russians will be served.”

So all the Ukrainians, Tatars and Kazahks leave.

He comes out again: “We are getting even less than expected: only reisdents of Moscow will be served”.

All the non-Muscovites leave

Finally he comes out and announces: “There will be no shipment today, you can all go home”.

At which point one of the people in line remarks, “See? Jews always get preferential treatment!”