The prime example is Marat Balagula, who was the top Russian mobster in Brooklyn for a while. He claimed to be Jewish on his exit application. But "Marat" is not a Jewish surname. "Balagula" is slang for "gangster," or "roughneck." The clever bastard put "Marat the Gangster" on his passport application, and the Soviet authorities bought it.
You can't make this shit up. You really can't. I guess Russian bureaucrats are just as stupid as their American counterparts .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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