• GingaNinga@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    we had to do that for some mouse tissue and its so awkward to explain. yes they’re samples, no they’re not dangerous its just wax blocks, please let me go. Yes I already said they are mutant tissue samples but they’re not dangerous… 5 hours later still spinning in circles.

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Decades ago, I was stuck in an Italian airport because they didn’t like my camera’s batteries (I had spent the day shooting images of the area for a TV program). I didn’t speak Italian, they didn’t speak any of my languages. We wasted an hour on this.
      Customs can be weird sometimes. It’s nothing new.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    9 days ago

    If convicted of the smuggling charge, Petrova faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. She also faces a sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on the charges of concealment of material fact and false statements.

    Sounds like something Russia would do.

  • Sims@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Just standard Russophobic propaganda campaign. Amazing they still believe it works… The more Nato’s war against Russia goes badly, the more The Guardian will pivot to attacking China - just like ‘Daddy’.