The country's liberation brought nothing to the distinctly off-key relationship between us.
As the Kremlin continued its campaign "to show as many people as possible that Russia is a normal country" by winning the right to host yet another international event, thousands of distinctly off-message protesters marched through Moscow on Wednesday, calling for the release of political prisoners and a "Russia without Putin".
He defends his massive investment as a defensive move, saying: "If I'm not there, someone else will be .Big banks are now wrestling with how best to use the Internet, and some of their plans look distinctly off-centre.
As they flutter it's easy to make out that distinctive logo against the blue sky, but it's also clear they could do with a clean - the famous red and yellow clam is lying on a distinctly off-white beach.
By all accounts Turing could be distinctly off-putting.
But Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, their £50m summer signing, was substituted on 63 minutes following a distinctly off-key performance.
What you might not – but should – suggest is a restaurant in the basement of an unassuming pub which is tucked off the distinctly unfashionable Sussex Gardens in Paddington.
The project began when his collaborator, David Morgan, who is a surgeon at the Heart of England Hospital in Birmingham, noticed the distinctly different smells given off by abscesses during surgery.
Were there any doubt that the days when a funeral consisted of a dour and brief gathering focused on a gilt-handled, highly-varnished coffin were over, then the rise of the distinctly unconventional celebrity send-off is proof of a distinct shift in British attitudes to the final journey of the dead.
Click here to read more on Kim's plans for developing high-quality staff and on how he has made the merger between Kookmin and H&CB work smoothly, introduced pay-for-performance systems, stands by the use of stock options as a motivational tool and has taken the distinctly un-Korean step of cutting off debtors regardless of their prominence.
But unfortunately we get a lot of cruder stuff too when he goes to the office – the ensemble comedy of which all seems distinctly off the peg.
