Buba
A total creep
I've been to Russia a couple of years ago, spending a fortnight in Sankt Peterburg.
A clean, safe city (TBH I ranged around the broadly understood city centre), with excellent bi-lingual signs for tourists. Many more swarthy Moslems or Mongolia looking types than I remembered from 1995, in many menial jobs
I've been to Leningrad too - several time, in the 1980s and '90s.
In 2016 there was none of the fear I saw and felt in the '80s, and the city seems much better run than in the '90s.
Tyrrany? Bullshit.
Corruption? Croney capitalism? Probably yes - but to some degree that's everywhere. Russia struck me as a reasonably well run place with contented people.
The only thing I noticed being worse was the underground - during rush hour the trains used to run every 20-25 seconds, you saw the head of the next train rolling in just as the tail of the previous one was exiting the station. Now there was a minute!!!!!!11 between trains!
Frankly I'd not mind Putin and his gang ruling my country - they are just as corrupt as my local bunch of democratically elected crooks (to be replaced at the next election by another bunch of crooks from which - for all their rhetoric - in practice they are barely distinguishable), yet seem to be more efficient. And do not bend over to the shrill messed up LGTB/so-called "minorities" crowd demanding special treatment.
Maybe he;d be an improvement for the US too
And I can read cyrillic better than most Russian 1st graders!
A clean, safe city (TBH I ranged around the broadly understood city centre), with excellent bi-lingual signs for tourists. Many more swarthy Moslems or Mongolia looking types than I remembered from 1995, in many menial jobs
I've been to Leningrad too - several time, in the 1980s and '90s.
In 2016 there was none of the fear I saw and felt in the '80s, and the city seems much better run than in the '90s.
Tyrrany? Bullshit.
Corruption? Croney capitalism? Probably yes - but to some degree that's everywhere. Russia struck me as a reasonably well run place with contented people.
The only thing I noticed being worse was the underground - during rush hour the trains used to run every 20-25 seconds, you saw the head of the next train rolling in just as the tail of the previous one was exiting the station. Now there was a minute!!!!!!11 between trains!
Frankly I'd not mind Putin and his gang ruling my country - they are just as corrupt as my local bunch of democratically elected crooks (to be replaced at the next election by another bunch of crooks from which - for all their rhetoric - in practice they are barely distinguishable), yet seem to be more efficient. And do not bend over to the shrill messed up LGTB/so-called "minorities" crowd demanding special treatment.
Maybe he;d be an improvement for the US too
Yay! I'd hit the ground running! With much arm waving I can communicate verbally in Russian!Then I guess you'd better start learning how to speak Russian or Chinese, Да товарищ?
And I can read cyrillic better than most Russian 1st graders!
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