The never-boring Vladimir Zhirinovsky has some innovative suggestions for Russian citizens economically struggling under the recession – stop shaving, getting haircuts, or using soaps and deodorants – because that’s what he does in the lean times.  Of course this is the same guy who proposed trading Turkish pistachios for natural gas.  From Joshua Keating via JRL via RIA Novosti:

“I have been thrifty. I am not having my hair cut. My hair has already grown longer than ever. I only shave every other day. I eat very little. I never go out. I never invite anyone over to my place. I don’t buy presents for anyone and I am asking people not to buy anything for me. I am not travelling anywhere,” he said.