Brothel — figuratively means disorder, mess, chaos. Stems from the French bordel with a Russian suffix. The figurative meaning is more commonly used:
Министры приходят и уходят, а бардак остается
Ministers come and go — the mess remains.
бардак
бардак m [bardak] (блат)
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