A promising but rather controversial new Norwegian series, Occupied, co-written by Jo Nesbo, has just started on Swedish telly. A newly-elected Green government in Oslo have closed down all the oil fields and as a result the Russians, with EU support, have seized control of them.

It’s probably made me paranoid. So when the AW site crashed this moring and there was rumour of a cyber attack, I jumped to the obvious conclusion: it was probably the Russians.

Maybe the Kremlin is annoyed because we haven’t had a thread recently on balalaikas in contemporary Russian rock?

Please, I really don’t want to start my day with the words “Resource Limit Is Reached!”

So here it is: a toe tapping thread on the Russian national instrument. Please post your favourite clips.

If you don’t have any sizzling balalikas, I’d be equally happy with shapely lady tractor drivers or Siberian amusement parks. Photos of Boris would also be Godunov.

Let’s Rocket to Russia!