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Russian minister asks farmers to pray as lack of rain persists (fortune.com)

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Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut urged people to go to church and pray for rain as the persistent lack of precipitation puts the sowing of winter wheat at risk.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 month ago (5 children)

That's their idea, pray for rain? How far they have fallen. Old Slavs knew that only human sacrifice helps bring rain

[–] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

If that belief held, based on Ukraine's statistics, it would be permanent rain now and for the next century or so.

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