14 December 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. The Old School of Drawing

The Old School of Drawing

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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The authors of the petroglyphs were better versed in the anatomy of quadrupeds than most modern artists are.

7 December 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20121207/913804129.html

14 December 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Scram, Parasite!

Scram, Parasite!

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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Mexican scientists discovered that urban birds used cigarette butts to “smoke out” insect pests, to keep them out of their nests.

6 December 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20121206/913633128.html

14 December 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Registration… Nothing Without Registration

Registration… Nothing Without Registration

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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Пропишешь (propishesh) in the original title would bring to mind to a Russian the word Пропиcка (propiska) which is the title for the registration of residence carried by all Russians in their internal passports. It’d carry the connotation, “They’re even forcing dogs to register, as we have to”. The dog’s reply to the cop gives you Yolkin’s attitude towards the new law. It’s another multilayered Yolkin play on words… with a typically-Russian wry attitude to the authorities and their rules (which is why konvertsy get it so wrong… they don’t understand that Russian Orthodox people are RUSSIANS… who have a puckish attitude towards priests and only a formal allegiance to the canons, just as they have a jaded view of politicians and a thoroughly-Sicilian attitude to the law and legality).

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Tomsk Oblast introduced compulsory registration of dogs “in the community”, but a similar procedure for cat owners is voluntary.

5 December 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20121205/913548260.html

14 December 2012. Sergei Yolkin’s World. What Does the Gulf Stream Have in Store for Us This Winter?

What Does the Gulf Stream Have in Store for Us This Winter?

Sergei Yolkin

2012

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A rise in the average temperature of Atlantic currents such as the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current has led to an increase in the intensity of the movement of air masses from west to east, increasing precipitation in European Russia.

4 December 2012

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20121204/913349722.html