-Caveat Lector- -------- Forwarded message -------- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:07:29 -0500 (EST) From: Stuart M Leiderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: bartering bottles in Russia Group: Empty glass bottles are now being accepted as currency in cash-short Alexin Raion in Tula Oblast, Russia, per RFE/RL [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty] NEWSLINE Vol 3, No. 56, Part I, 22 March 1999. The company, Alexinbytservice, provides appliance repair, tailoring and hair cutting, and found there were "many potential clients but few with ready cash." A haircut is five empty bottles; collected bottles are then sold to a wholesale dealer at 1.3 rubles (5 cents) each. RFE/RL subscription information is attached here: HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word subscribe as the subject of the message. ________________________________________________ CURRENT AND BACK ISSUES ON THE WEB Back issues of RFE/RL Newsline and the OMRI Daily Digest are online at: http://www.rferl.org/newsline/search/ _________________________________________________ RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Thank you. Stuart Leiderman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) University of New Hampshire, Durham 03824 USA DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om