Some favorite puns from the current university pension strike, taken from UCL’s School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies picket line:

• Why Aren’t You RUSSIAN to Resolve The Issue?
• Stop STALIN and Start Negotiating!
• You are PUSHKIN Us to the Edge!
• But We Will Not be BAKHTIN to a Corner!
• HAVEL Little Sympathy for Academics!
• CZECH Your Values and POLISH Your Proposals!
• Do Not CRIMEA Sob Story, and Do Not U(KRAINE) On Our Parade!
• You Must Keep Our Pensions From KREMLIN to Pieces!
• To Retain First-Rate Staff You Must PUTIN To Our Pension Fund!
• We Are HUNGARY for Pension Security!