Boska

Boska used to be and probably still is the biggest shopping centre in Banja Luka, the capital of the republic of Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is probably the most empty one as well. The shopping centre still belongs to the state and recently failed privatisation, thus the stock has not been refilled for a long time, while the staff cannot be fired for some reason. It is quite surreal to walk through the centre, seeing empty shelves and bored saleswomen smoking inside.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

Public phone

Such public telephones were used all over the Soviet Union in the past but nowadays you won't find them even in Russia. However, I have seen them still operating in Transnistria (Moldova) before and now, surprisingly, also in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus

Direct line

This telephone, now in a museum display, was used to communicate between "shelter" and "headquarters".
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus