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Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia… (MBICR) was a post-rock band from Oxford, England.

Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia… was founded in 1999. The band's original line up was the keyboard player Tim Croston, guitarists Pete Williams and James Shames, singers Emily Gray and Ed Carder and guitarist and drum machine operator Mark Halloran, all students at the University of Oxford. Bass guitar player Ollie Clueit joined late in 1999 before Carder left. The band's music had Gray deliver self-written monologues over guitar noise and samples guided by a beat, drawing comparisons to Arab Strap.

The band's first release was a split CD single with Moonkat on the Jitter record label. One track, "Morning-After Pill", was played on BBC Radio 1 and XFM in London. Jitter then released a limited 7" disc with the tracks "Morning-After Pill" and "No Cigar", which prompted John Peel to offer the band its first of three Peel Sessions.