The EUBAMчики revealed…

I was amused by the other suggestions, but as and worked out, the EUBAMчики are the EU customs officers operating on the frontier between Ukraine and Moldova, in a set-up known officially as the EU Border Assistance Mission, EUBAM for short.

points out that if it is a Russian slang word, it is more likely to be EUBAMшники than EUBAMчики. I confess that the subject came up over a dinner table in a crowded restaurant, so it is possible that I misheard; it’s also possible, as suggests, that it is Ukrainian rather than Russian slang, which I suppose might make a difference.

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  1. I tried to read The Land of Green Plums – utter crap!

    I know you’re not a great fan of David Mitchll but I really enjoyed ‘The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.’

    If you haven’t already read it, Paolo Bacigalupi’s ‘The Windup Girl’ describes a terrifying future that is already starting come upon us. See this article from The Daily Wail:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1082559/The-GM-genocide-Thousands-Indian-farmers-committing-suicide-using-genetically-modified-crops.html#ixzz1hsh2qRQH

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