Eastern Blocks: photographs of the brutalist towers of the former USSR

After queuing for several hours at the butcher’s, a man reaches the front only to find the customer in front of him has had the last of the meat. Enraged, he starts to spout off about the iniquities and stupidities of the system, but someone in a trench coat approaches and puts a firm hand on his shoulder.

“Comrade,” says the mysterious figure, "you should be careful what you say, otherwise … " And he puts his fingers to his temple and mimes firing a pistol.

Shaken, the man heads home. As he walks in, he says to his wife, “You’ll never guess what happened at the butcher’s!”

“They’re out of meat?”

“Worse! They’re out of bullets!”

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