A Few Russian Jokes

1. A Russian returns from a trip to the US and announces

"Don't believe people when they say that the US is vastly different from the USSR. Things are exactly the same there. Even there, you have to pay in dollars in order to get anything good."

[The above may have been funny only during the USSR days.]

2. In the heart of Moscow, there is a tomb for Felix Dzerzhnizky, a former leader. At midnight, the voice of his ghost is supposed to be heard asking for a horse. Kosygin hears it and tells Brezhnev about it. Brezhnev does not believe it. Kosygin takes Brezhnev to Dzerzhnizky Square. At midnight, the ghost comes out and seeing Brezhnev asks Kosygin,

"I asked for a horse but you brought me a donkey"

3. In the erstwhile Soviet Union, being transferred to Siberia was a very powerful threat that kept bureaucrats in check. This worked for everybody except those already in Siberia. What were they going to do to them -- send them to Siberia (they were already there)?