Faced with rolling blackouts, the Speaker of the Crimean parliament wants parents to name their sons ‘Generator’
Photo: Maks Vetrov / Sputnik / Scanpix Vladimir Konstantinov, the speaker of the Crimean parliament, is calling on parents in the currently blacked-out peninsula to name their newborn sons "Generator," in defiance of Ukraine's blockade. "The current emergency has spawned not only problems, but jokes, as well. Yesterday, we heard that people are now calling us megavatniki [a play on the word "vatnik"—a pejorative for Russian patriots].