the strip club did indeed make me bonkers!

having the most delicious caramel pu'erh. 

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This week, Maria sat down with Sergey Aleksashenko and Alexandra Prokopenko to discuss the Russian central bank's continued inability to reign in domestic inflation, and what it means for Russia's economy and war effort going forward.