""Telling jokes about the KGB was thought to be like pulling the tail of a tiger..."" A frightened man came to the KGB ""My talking parrot disappeared."" ""This is not our case. Go to the criminal police."" ""Excuse me. Of course I know that I have to go to them. I am here just to tell you officially that I disagree with that parrot."" More Russian political jokes here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes