Russian prison have built a 'replica' London, complete with traditional red British phone boxes and a mural of Big Ben.The Russian prison service Gufsin has posted pictures of the phone boxes and a mural of Big Ben, which are all the creations of Siberian prisoners.
The phone boxes are real, allowing inmates to say in touch with friends and family. While relations between the countries may be somewhat frosty currently, Russians seem fond of English-style homes, lawns, pubs and shopping in London.
That trend now appears to have spread to the country's prisons. Prisoners at penal colony No 8 in the Novosibirsk region even upgraded the old-fashioned phone boxes by installing phones with video links.
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