NADINE DREYER | Jelly or the gulag! Beware a dinner date with Stalin

Unlike the bloodthirsty dictator, herbivores such as giraffe and hippo prefer their meals to be strictly vegetarian

28 September 2022 - 21:12

If you happened to receive a dinner invitation from Comrade Joseph Stalin to his dacha circa 1930, your best option was to beg the co-op doctor for a sick note and to creep under a scratchy, Soviet-issued blanket for a couple of weeks. ..

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