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All I gotta ask is who was the nimrod who came up with the graphics that outline the ludicrous restrictions?


State Standard System -
http://www.gost.ru/wps/portal/pages.CatalogOfStandarts

It is a kind of ISO system in country.
It is very useful to have clear borders of quality and monitor it.
As an example - the quality of gasoline, the parameters of tires, the steel composition and properties, size and arrangement of sandpaper, quality radiocomponents, and other.

But sometimes the standards really are bull s....
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