Joey Jamison Me, a foreigner- CYKA BLYAT! :)

Ayyyyyyeee blyaaaaaaat

eh6794 they don’t do much as long as you don’t disturb them

Ну нахе~.. Отец!

Yebaaaaaat))))

I have been to St Petersburg in 1994 I can speak a little Russian. I don't remember the thrash hold thing do remember covering my hair in church (female) in part I had a good time met some very good people. I wish the media would show that side of Russia

and I am surprised how many NEGATIVE cliche about CCCP & Russjia people are writing in their comments ! But what can we expect from the people whos countries activ supported NaziGermany in IIWW ! and who believe in all that CRAP in western antirussian propaganda !!!! Rassjia Niepobiedimaja !!!!!!!

i am planning to go to your beautiful city SPB but haven't decided if winter or summer would be better, when it is more beautiful? Also, I'd be up for a tour or two so you can send me a link if you like, thanks a lot in advance and stay safe in these crazy times.

@CitizenOWorld my work it related to tourism so yeah what you're saying make sense, i'll probably book something even before travelling. As for the choice of season, i was focused more on the weather itself and the beauty of snowy Russia, but haven't thought much about the grim dark early hours so yeah your advice it's been helpful, it's gonna have to be summer, maybe just the beginning of summer if i can so as not to find too many crowds either. Thanks ;)

adamwnt Of cause in the middle of the summer! Otherwise you’ll miss “White Nights”

CookinginRussia all restaraunts in downtown have 2 varitues of menu (like the museums-for local and foreign). U can ask them to give menu for locals, cuz pirices in there are cheaper.and u better leave this cafe if they won't give it to you.but i think u must know a bit standard russian words for this.

Rustam Sayfullaev I am Russian and I've never seen 2 variation of menu in restaurants. The restaurants are always expensive even for the Russians, especially in Moscow and St Petersbourg and especialy at the center of the city.

Leozack Destron поддержу, второго меню в большинстве случаев нет. Большинство россиян готовят еду сами дома.

In comparison to USA and most of European countries, eating out is quite cheap (with an exception of some higher end restaurants). Most meals are not above 10 USD

You can also go to smaller places that do not have more than one price. You'd have to speak the language though.

Im pretty sure the first one would apply to every public transport in the world

Chainedhound not in America

@@larissakoroleva not true. I know America can be full of assholes, but once again so does the entire world.

Well Time To Make Use Of My New Zealandness And Continue Walking Everywhere Barefoot. Concrete? Barefoot. Gravel? Barefoot. Bark? Barefoot. Dirt? Barefoot. House? Barefoot.

@@dracoqueen1263 Nah, I'd offer you slippers in my home. It's common courtesy to accept them here, even if you don't like the feeling.

nice story

:)

Heartwarming

sharing 50 papers COMMUNISM INTENSEFIES

It's great!

Go visit Novorossiya, it's smth in between.

LivingInVancouverBC Lol

Have fun in the Somalian waters! PS. put a sign on the boat something like "Gold Shipping Limited International"

I heard that Somali Welcoming Committees come out in small boats and fire celebratory shots into the air. And seeing that they are overheated in the hot Sun, the ships usually offer a cooling spray of water in return. Seems nice to me. Lots of sharks in those waters but now we know it's totally safe to swim with sharks so that's no longer a problem either. Yup, looking forward to going. Hey, it doesn't get too hot there, does it?

hahaha mah nigga..

So only in the western part of Russia , I myself am from the Far East from Khabarovsk , and we have terrible roads , and our people do not know how to throw garbage where it should be. The closer to Moscow, the cleaner. But still, I advise many foreigners to visit the Far East, Khabarovsk or Vladivostok, and just look at the culture and Far-Eastern people, good luck)

@@alexhorse7137 чел, по сравнению с Западом, даже это - чистые улицы. То что люди не умеют выкидывать окурки в урну и они валяются возле, или то что в каком-то районе есть небольшая несанкционированная свалка (что очень большая редкость) это мизер по сравнению с Америкой и прочими странами запада. У нас другой менталитет и выбрасывание мусора на улицы порицается банально какой-нибудь бабкой, а иногда даже детьми. И при этом всем, запад и западные компании (яблоко) больше всех говорят об этой самой экологии и "беспокоятся" о ней.

@@ghjk4978 дадада, пизди больше, ведь так сказал айтипедия. Я живу в США, если ты не живёшь в обоссаном латинском гетто, а в белом районе, то тут можно чуть ли не босиком по улице ходить. А вот в расиянии, как раз таки всегда был пиздец, срач и развал

that's for anyone from anywhere going to anywhere.

Are finnish welcome to see russia?

@@oregonborn9769 of course you are

@@Yuhhnightowl kiitos!

and don't disrespect Stalin at public, ~40% of population still like him, especially boomers.

It is a stunning city, but clean it is not!! It is much dirtier than St. Petersburg. I love them both, though!!

A lot has changed in the last two years. Even us Moscowites have noted that it's become much dirtier.

@Ken Lompart You can use Moskvich with a plural of Moskvichi (pressure on last syllable for both) for authenicity.

Blyat

The Russians visited Czech Republic as well..

Czechia

Yes ,you was always ,,thrifty ones " , you worked like ants for Hitler supporting german war industry !

*our mother

Правильно, только почему тебе не лень

Don't be spineless, say I don't drink if you don't drink, from Russian with love.

I thought it was common sense that if it’s in a shot glass, you take it in a shot no sips.

Brent, i want to go Camping in the forest camp ground. how much is that? I would also like to visit Abhazia . Do you need a visa as a russian to travel to Abhazia?

Omg I can't stand ppl who sip their shots. Like don't buy a shot if you can't take it

Could you give a ballpark on your net expenditure(in USD) while in Moscow and St Petersburg..?

@Alexander You don't do this ANYWHERE in Europe.

I wish it provoked instant aggression in Belgium and France. I visited the Ypres war memorials and cemeteries and there were teenagers running around, sitting on the stone, leaving litter. We were fucking furious but nobody challenged them (and there were dozens of other people around).

Having lost something like 20 million people, many of those defenseless when they were killed (EG in genocides, civilians, and executed POWs), will do that to you. Most families have lost someone during those years.

Don't do this anywhere, period.

@jack bran That's probably true. Stalin's successors didn't have mass deaths anything remotely close to Stalin. They executed prisoners, sure, but not even tens of thousands a year. They didn't starve after that. Starvation was strictly optional in the Kremlin. The soldiers had deliberate orders to literally take even the last kernels of corn and anything edible from Ukraine in 1932 and 1933, and Stalin held another big purge in 1937. The war is harder to predict. But we do know that the Red Army was actually incredibly big, had a lot of tanks that would have at least been matches for the German tanks, especially in the numbers the Soviets had, would have had at least useful leadership had there been no purge, had tanks that were actually invulnerable to a lot of the German military's weapons like the KV and T-34, at least in the early years. They had a huge airforce, many bombers, big artillery, industry, and modern rifles and submachine guns. They had homefield advantage. But Stalin, that idiot, thought to himself that Hitler would never betray him, ordered his troops to do nothing, and locked himself away for months. His totality of control over the Soviet Union made his own people hate him so much that they took an early gamble with siding with Hitler, at least for a few weeks, but those weeks were enough to consolidate control. Other countries had war casualty rates less than a tenth of what the Soviets had. This would be like if over 23 million people did not die in the war, 10 million didn't die from the Holodamor, about a million from the repression of his specific political opponents, a million more in the gulags, and potentially millions more. There is no reason why the Soviet Union had to be so repressive. While Lenin was alive, he had tried to communicate with the party to avoid Stalin from getting power, and the General Secretary position was originally a pretty useless position, just for telling party members when and where meetings were. There were other powerful individuals, and not just Trostsky. Would it have been free? Probably not. Would there be hunger and at least some starving and executions? Yes. But Stalin is killing people in the tens of millions range. The Weimar Republic was not doomed from the beginning either. The convention which drafted the constitution of Germany had precedence for features that would have made it stable and resistant to authoritarianism. Japan was also not doomed to it's system either. The Diet could have had the power to appoint and dismiss the prime minister, and their house of lords could have had less power.

no

A K i do that already

Is that a joke

@Jeff: Not at all.

Every country

some places in Russia take a cash only. But this is very small shops or places like flea market. Anyway you can get a cach by nearest ATM

considering very harsh government reforms with crazy tax raising - there's more places now even in Moscow with no cash registers at all (all of them in country must be connected to tax collection agency and every operation from 100s millions is registered - which is unique achievement in Third World country) = so ONLY cash, like "shady business" but it's becoming very popular more & more (1990's return), like "don't ask, don't tell", the banking cards will be declined even more after July 2018 - when state tax collection agency started checking all card refills and received payments = everything except salary now under suspicion (it's in fact very easy in Russia to send money from card to card and many use it for services payments where's no tax, but now they want to stop it all) = so, better in Russia to have cash at least some, some on card for safety

Very true. I used cash mostly in taxi.

alex ale, no, it was just a rumour. Nobody cares. And what "crazy tax raising"? Nothing at all. Still the same 13% income tax. А теперь по-русски: не трынди )

to previous troll-commenter from Prigozhin criminal "troll factory", now you looking like idiot when russian parliament ratified VAT increase, not including customs import duties on everything foreign from 1st July. But what else can we see from troll-bot with empty youtube page (they really don't care that someone will check their accounts?).

that's perfect! But are you talking about Soviet Russia?

bogdan botha Come and get me I am helpless. I am in a cage. Or you are playing like America.

Replicating is more correct word )

emmanuilushka a "more correct word" would be "grabs". May khuilostan choke on it!

Victor Sbz -- Kinda like how Putin & Russia "visited" Crimea acuppla years ago, right?

Next time be sure to visit Sochi in Russia!🙂🏖

My first visit was Chechnya and Dagestan was so good and beautiful

very true about sarcasm. confirm it as russian^^

Huh. It's official, I need to go to Russia. They'll love me over there. I'm a very sarcastic person.

眞水杏奈 Yeees sarcasm❤️

Especially we love to sarcastically joke about stereotypes about Russia and the Russian people.

Oh, yeh! Russians are very sarcastic, but usually between Russians, not with foreigners. For example, St. Petersburg has even own uniq local sarcasm style: they can speak to your seriously and you don't even get the point of sarcasm, but their laughing eyes 'betray' them. ;-)) You need to be quite smart to get St. Petersburg local sarcasm style... ;-)))

Its really straight forward too. Cyrillic was designed for Slavic languages.

What you actually meant to say was: Learn the print alphabet. The handwritten alphabet looks really different.E. g. a small 'т' looks like 'm' and the 'д' (d) suddenly looks like 'g'. It's not really about upper-case or lower-case. Within the print alphabet most lower-case characters look like a smaller version of the upper-case characters anyway Тт Вв Уу Кк Йй Аа Оо etc.

Wow, didn't expect you to be here

Destro ш is sh. Щ is sch.

Ethan DaChef25 Yes, but are they pronounced differently? I can't tell the difference when I hear them spoken.

+evakatrina a thank you.

Yandex taxi and Uber are merging. www.bbc.com/news/business-40599501

I've been to Russia twice (actually I'm still here and have been here for 2 months already) and I definitely think you should know the Cyrillic alphabet because a lot of words are just Rusified English words and you can decipher a lot just by being able to read a word. As for visas, I'm an American and I need one but it takes time. I usually apply for visas 3 months before I come here. I apply for the private visa and I can stay 3 months but I think the hardest think here is the registering part. You need to have your passport translated and notarized before even registering. I think the customer service compared to the US is certainly different but I don't regret coming to Russia:))

Sigh Berian Yes, I saw that recently twitter.com/evakatrina/status/885452995453911041 I'm disappointed because Yandex is/was so brilliant, plus it hits the licenced taxis even harder.. but alas, progress..

Oh also visitors need to have a formal invitation. Rail lines, tour companies, and some hotels can issue the invitations. You need it to send with your visa application.

Laughs in Spanish from Costa Rica....jajajaja

*laughs in... wait*

Laughs in Cantonese...哈哈

Laugh in Malay

Whats he mean by not having a visa?

ThewayICit but they made really bad beer, cheese and sausage.

WE dont smile without a reason) Like Finns, Sweades and Norvegians)

I agree. They have sales. The stores are awesome. If you can read some Russian just have correct change and buy the ticket. Don't speak. Don't smile. Just get the ticket and walk. Local price. Metro is awesome. And if you do stop and ask directions in Russian they are very helpful people. Good people.

ThewayICit Hello, may I ask how long it took for your Russian Visa to arrivev

It took 10 days to process the visa. I picked it up in person.

Michael Walker Lol

Isnt that common sense in european churches? Its really disrespectfull to visit churches with shorts

thats common sense

Should't wear shorts to church in any country .

thanks for this advice mate

What happens if it's lost?

@@Mikehawk323 You should make a new one it in the Federal migration service office. If you lost it an realized it while going through custom penalty fee may apply. I don't know how much is it. As my Swedish friend told me, no-one ever checked his immigration card except hotel. And perhaps custom officers don't do it much but if they do and you don't have it, it may cost a lot. Just put it into a safe place :) also you may ask a hotel you check-in to make a copy for you just to feel safer

@@Mikehawk323 also it is always a good practice to have a photocopy of your documents while traveling :)

@@Mikehawk323 Nothing. The system is so automated now that the card is no longer really used but they collected it at passport control exiting Russia and that is it. There used to be a more manual system and those papers were important so not having it could result in a 1000 ruble fine, about $13 but they do nothing for the last 3 years or so. The registration is not even essential anymore, but hotels automatically register on their computer connection to Federal Migration Service, and if not going to a hotel but staying with a friend, the friend can register your stay at any post office. Registration was a carry over from the Soviet era when they wanted to know where every foreign was staying but it has outlived its usefulness and wil be phased out soon. If one does not register, now it is not a big deal The change of attitude has been gradual but the mass incoming without visas for the 2018 World Cup and the utter lack of problems and great response from the first time visitors the officials see that none of these is really needed. As a result the number of countries with visa waivers has increased a lot and a new eVISA program begun after a couple years of testing it in the far east of Russia and St Petersburg 1 year, they decided it worked well enough to offer electronic web applications for visa within 4 days of arrival for another 53 countries so all together citizens of 97 countries have visa waivers or the new eVISA where you fine on-line and within 24 hours you can download a PDF visa to use at your entry point. US and UK citizens do nor qualify for either but US citizens get a very good 3 year multiple entry visa that no one else gets and allows long stays. In most cases visa policies are determined by what hassles Russians go through to get visas to those countries and UK and US make it hard but the US does issue a long visa which is good. The UK is generally hostile to Russians applying so Russia requires more documents than citizens of other countries. There are also the short-term visa-free entry for cruise ship passengers and for ferry passengers arriving in St Petersburg from Baltic Sea ports for 3 days of visa-free entry. Technically one needs to buy a tour from a registered tour operator authorized to invite and host foreign visitors. One of my companies does that, provide intensive 2-3 day tours visa free that is an overall excellent experience of St Petersburg and southern palace estates for cruise ship passengers. In the summer about thousands of cruise passengers disembark. The Passenger Port is fairly new and can accommodate 9 large ships arriving at one, for up to 20,000 plus 5000 crew with port leave per day. The Neva River ports are right in the city center walking distance to the Hermitage/Winter Palace, for smaller cruise ships, up to about 1500 passengers per ship. Most visitors arrive in Moscow or St Petersburg but after the great success of the 2018 World Cup fans got to see some other region capitals, 12 cities hosted games in 13 stadiums, the world seems to have discovered great cities that are relaxed and beautiful like Kazan and Volgograd so visitors are getting more adventurous to explore other regions. Also Crimea is a wonderful destination.

@@FlyingBrick2000 Photocopies are not substitutes for originals but a photocopy of your passport really speeds up replacement by your country's consulate. Losing a passport is a problem and requires the tourist to leave the country after they receive a travel document from their consulate. Most consulates can supply a replacement new passport in a few days to 2 weeks but they can also issue a travel document that allows the person to leave the same day. UK consulate in St Petersburg shut down and one has to travel to Moscow which is a real pain and expense to hire a private car to drive to Moscow since train and plane require a passport to use. Document numbers and visa copies should be photocopied so you have the correct document numbers for any agency one needs to deal with. Line a photo copy of one's drivers license does not allow one to drive but it has the correct info on it to allow the motor vehicle department to look up your record and create a new license. The same with all your entry, visa, entry stamp page of the passport and visa should all be copied and stored in a safe place. Also copy any tickets and reservations because it helps people find your records.

Pavel Volodkov

I love your name

I agree. And greetings back to you my friend Lietuvoje :)

Beautiful country but you cant forget the politics.

Perkūnas it is easy to say such things when you do not live in this country

Правильно. Люди везде одинаковые. Политика нужна не для обычных людей.

I know, right? Such spirited people. 😄 Hopefully after Ukraine they'll annex Lithuania! All the best.

ikr

Ikr. The vibe is off with this video

Thanks for the advice! Would you recommend renting airbnb instead of staying in a hotel?

Saint Petersburg is better though, come on

no matter what kind of politics a nation has, the people will not drastically change to match the times. i am sure russian people have been warm and friendly forever

R L in Russia it doesn't matter if your American,black, Asian. If your nice we're nice👌 just don't say curse words in Russian because curse words are takin seriously in the Russian language.

that sounds about right! i know better than to curse around certain people in my family, so avoiding some words in a foreign language would probably be do-able really hope i can visit someday!

R L and when you do I really hope you enjoy your time there

Crosshead1 I'm from Moscow :-) The thing is that soviets been told that Western's are bad as fuck and soviets couldn't travel around the world and especially to West, it had been forbidden. So if u had a chance to see smth with ur eyes, the soviets didn't and they kept on hating West. The older generations of Russians still do and Putin effectively uses it to save his absolutely corrupted power by making Russians hate West through shitty propaganda. Такие дела, братан :-(

How can you marry the enemy?!

Seahorn I do. Tell me what you think about German / Bavarian politics when you come to Munich. I'm glad for an outsider's perspective. Why should ones concern end at the border? Cowards like you are what's wrong with the world.

What ever you think, I dont care. If you are on holiday in a country you are a guest. And you should behave as one. If you think that a local resident of a country, ANY country, is interrested in your point of view of their politics I can tell you that most of them are NOT. Dont be suprised if the locals tell you to bugger off, or worse Do yourself a favor go to for instance England, go to a pub, and go tell how stupid they are with their Brexit,. Go to the USA and start a discussion about Trump or Clinton. Not to mention countries like Turkey (subject Erdogan), Russia (subject Putin). If you dont have the intelligence that talking about politics can be very sensitive (even in western countries!) sooner or later you will have some very nasty surprises. Cowardice has nothing to do with it, common sense does....... edit: and politness

in russia it's fine, so long as your conversation partner understands media.

Taxtro wow you have issues

Exactly what I thought too.

В Москве живут не только русские .

@@user-kd1qn4ox6g в английском языке слова русский и россиянин звучат одинаково - russian. Так что говоря russians, иностранцы имеют в виду, как правило, всех жителей России, то есть россиян.

Good advice BUT. Avoid going to the subway (in Moscow) 8 to 9-30 and 17-30 to 19. It's too overcrowded.

Russian Movies With English Subtitles, not every line and station.

Museums are also museums for people you know

Yes. Not only in Moscow. In SPb and Kazan subway looks very good and interesting too

Yeah-yeah, not only if you're in smaller cities (where I live, for instance). Okay, sure, you can use subway stations to get somewhere but it is so ordinary, not like a museum.

PatMax Adventures This is a very important one CYKA BLYAT

PC culture in the West is not favoured by majority, hence Brixit ,and Trump. Putin and Stalin are saints then according to you, even while oppressing ( murdering ) their own people let alone their neighbours ! FUCK off russians, are scared of their leaders , is this how you live?

@MIN SLAVA Stop smoking because you clearly see imaginary things.

give me the numbers ! where exactly, "tens of millions" easy to write down then. Lets have them, where and when

JoshPageLP you have enraged the Americans, they now bring their irrelevant opinions even more than bedore.

and 75 million preborn children butchered in our abortion mills in the U.S. And that's just since 1973.

Alex V to Yes, keeping empty wine bottles under your chair really shows your class. Indeed, you explained quite a bit, he he.

Ахахаха 😂 Я думаю иностранцы понимают почему русские убирают пустые бутылки со стола. Но я думаю они не очень понимают зачем держать их на полу, а не выбросить в мусорку или хотябы можно унести на кухню

Yes, in Russia we put it to wastebasket, but why its so strange to put garbage ( emrty bottles) to basket?))) - sorry for my English, i dont use translator guyz)

It is mainly a superstition. You can leave an empty pack of juice on the table, but leaving a bottle is not tolerated.

Actually, it's a consequence of Napoleonic war. When russian army came to Paris, waitress at bars would count the check at the end by the bottles that were on the table. So russians eventually started to hide bottles under the table. =:)

Agreed. As an American, I facepalm everytime I see another American being a total ignorant douchebag. Like, gee, thanks for upholding that stereotype every other country seems to have against us, I now know why they have it thanks to morons like you. I'm tempted to wear a Canadian flag patch on all my clothes so people won't hate on me sometimes when I travel.

Rose C As a Canadian I am worried about our reputation when I hear of Muricans doing that patch trick. Soon you will have to find another stereotype of niceness to infiltrate in order to receive preferential (or at least equal) treatment abroad.

you can say whatever u want

So basically the American tourist are similar to the Chinese tourist?

You're mistaken. There are two types of people who live in this country.l 'Muricans and Americans. You don't need to worry about "Muricans wearing your patches, it's Americans who are tired of being lumped together with the ignorant, rude, loud-mouthed, douchebags that feel the need to remind everyone within yelling distance exactly what country they're from because they should be treated like special snowflakes. Trust me, it's a compliment when Americans want to wear Canada patches because that's the closest we'll ever get to NOT being lumped in with that stereotypes.

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Hidde Wijgman oh my fucking god your so right 😥

Yes

Netherlands are expensive? Try switzerland

@@luciusveratius9991 and Italy

@@olivialee854 italy is cheap

Go... you will enjoy it!

Most of it is indeed common sense. As a native New Yorker, I was constantly on my guard in the streets of Montego Bay and in the subways and plazas in European cities. Never been pickpocketed or gotten in an altercation. Always had a purposeful stride and avoided sketchy areas. Unfortunately, a lot of people are too preoccupied taking selfies or checking in with social media. They assume the US dollar, or credit cards, are accepted anywhere. They act too conspicuous, and they assume that any mix-up with their paperwork or connecting flight can be fixed immediately. It's not always their fault; they may have had limited experience with travel, or they were young enough that their parents took care of the details, or they lived in small towns and have trusting natures. But it's always good to research before traveling. Knowing about the countries' local customs made me feel better about what to expect.

Left first

Moscow is much more safer than western cities nowadays. Minsk is to be said very clean and safe.

To look both ways when crossing a one-way street, especially.

D DIESEL Air BNB is really shameful. Especially in cities where housing prices are high.

Belarus-chan that"s crap. it depends on what city you stayed and with what people. I have booked air BNB during our vacations in Tokyo, Seoul, Moscow and St Petersberg. The price was much cheaper than hotels, the place we booked was clean and had everything, the location of the place was very convinient, the neighborhoods were very pleasant and all our hosts were kind and helpfull. Put more hours into your research before booking a place to avoid unpleasant experiences. Air BNB has been a God send to Travellers like me

Nu poka lesli pontavilas

D DIESEL May I ask how long it took for your visa to arrive??

i applied for the visa directly with the consulate. after i completed my requirements; i was told to come back for the visas in 2 weeks

And you will be totally accepted even if you are gay. Very tolerant, inclusive and secular country (I am TOTALLY not getting paid to write this comment). /s

I thought the Russian fake rape story was about Berlin.

I don't know how I can explain it to you, but there are two types of Russia here. One of them is good beautiful place, created for showing to foreigners. And another, that they will never show you. But there live most of Russians. And don't forget that WW2 - named here great blighty war and it started here in 22.06.1941 and ended 9.05.1945

I hope you'll enjoy the visit! If you get a chance, visit the Kubinka Tank Museum -- its about 30 miles west of Moscow, but its one of the biggest and would totally worth a trip.

Vasya, what the hell are you talking about? Why do you write scary tales to people?

that seems to be all nationalities when playing online gaming. That's how you learn the bad words these days :)

It's also a lot more straightforward than you'd realize, given that each letter has one sound (thanks a lot English for having so many different ways you can use letters, like fish can be represented by ghoti strictly speaking), and the letters also are drawn in a way that the Latin script is as well, using clear angles and not curvy like Arabic or Hebrew.

+Yoshi_IX I agree, it is quite simple and actually enjoyable to learn, here is a link to a video I used to learn it for those interested : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rK-ZY5iUmtLGkp8.html

Same. I learned it from internet. I thought it would be hard, but when you see it everyday you can read it a little.

As used to say my mother, she visited the Soviet Union in 1973, and she said there were PECTOPAH everywhere : and then she learned that PECTOPAH just means restaurant… :-)

@@Trou-du-cul-bird the same thing happened to me with BAP.

Thanks!

In Hotels... maybe, at the post office, any government building, public transport etc. Employees are yet to hear of such thing as "polite".

Well I guess the other Crowne Plazza hotels in Europe are going to appreciate that the one in St Peterburg is the only one valuable :-) (yep linkedin was helpful on that)

Commentator541 I live in the US and the people at DMV never heard of customer service either.

panda dragon them damn links😂

Not sure if it is possible for foreigners, but I think on certain occasions you can also get to go shooting

The US has supported brutal dictatorships in the past and still does to this day for example Saudi Arabia and other brutal regimes in the Middle East like Turkey and Israel. Apparently "sleeping with the Saudi terrorists does not bother you though. "Democratic decay" you say? what about the Democratic Party rigging the primaries? Our system is already decaying and corrupt, no need to scapegoat Russia for a system that is already rotting. The US has always just had an Anti-Russian hysteria, and brings it out again whenever convenient. The main reason is because Russia is the main geopolitical rival of the US, because it is powerful enough to stand up for its own interests, unlike the weaker countries that the US has its way with.The reality is America dug its own hole, with pointless wars and wasteful spending. An outside scapegoat is needed now that things are getting tough, and Russia fits the bill.

so america doesn't have a historical reason to distrust Russia? Yeah lmao cause Fuck the cold war right

How many Americans "suffered" because of the Cold War? give me a break. It was only a real war for people living in Vietnam or Korea or some country caught in a proxy war between the two powers. To compare it to what has happened over centuries of history in Russia and Eastern Europe, even before World War One and World War Two, is a joke.

to Don'tmindmejustaperson mindinghisbuisness You seems to be happy in bed with Saudis - the paragon of democracy and freedom. They just hit the news with state search for a girl who made video walking around in the desert in mini-skirt, they are about to behead 14 prisoners, their prince just tortured someone in viral video, etc. Should I continue about your other "buddies" you have zero concerns about human rights and other atrocities?

Yanko Bzykant, where are you from? Disgusting Western animal. You will pay for your words. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_crimes_against_the_Polish_nation

You also can look every year's military live expo with new examples of russian weapons too. Once i even touched Su-57 myself. Looks great.

Most Russians support Putin and the genocide in Ukraine, unfortunately.