BITTER CLINGERS. The Soviet Union is eighteen years past its sell-by date, and Stalinism is a great way to turn a poor country into a destitute one. On November 7, some people still have occasion to stage a Communist parade.

Global Times photograph.

I'm looking at those greatcoats and wondering how to render "Oh we loathe the oooold one" in Russian. Wait, maybe it IS Russian. о-и-я, ё-а!