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Originally posted by Capitalizt ... but the fact is Russia is a semi-totalitarian frozen shithole where most people live in squalor. It's so depressing that nobody in the civilized world ever visits it. Time to accept reality.

I also disagree with what VictorJukov said, but your comment is a bit harsh and rude, and obviously not true. Many people visit Russia every year - I dont have the statistics but I know its a big number. Despite the risk of being ripped off, many Westerners live in Russia and do business there. I know a lot of people in my town in Canada who are fascinated about Russia and are interested in visiting it in the future. Its not so depressing - there is a growing middle class, and things in Russia have greatly improved in the last 8 years. Poverty is still there, but at much lower levels since 1999. There are some serious problems there, for sure, but its a much safer place to travel to than half of the world ... and will be even better to visit in the future.

Russia has many beautiful pieces of architecture, rich culture, language, great people - many cultures, beautiful landscapes - YES I mean that - from virgin forests, to spectacular mountain sceneries of Caucasus mountaints, to Kamchatka springs, to subtropical Sochi landscapes. Travelling the country is an inspiring experience.

You dont know enough about Russia to make an accurate opinion - I read a lot of Western media, and I can obviously understand why you would think that its the last place in the world to visit - the Western media is often very negative of Russia. At the same time, however, Russian media is too dam patriotic/nationalistic and one-sided in its analysis.



EDIT: You should know well enough that he is not speaking on behalf of all Russians, so no need to respond assuming that all Russians are like that. Enough of the stereotypes

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Last edited by Magnetonium on Mar-18-2009 at 01:45

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Originally posted by VictorJukov I certainly did. Russia would be top in all if not for faked figures by western governments.

zionists have it out for russia ever since putin kicked those rats out of government

shhh mag, you're ruining my attempt to get him angry, lol.. Of course I know that Russia is a decent place these days.. I was just tired of viktor's endless "We da best!" posts. Do a search on his name in this forum and that's all you'll find for the past 2 weeks. Half of what I said is for that reason. The other half I admit is probably stereotypes I've gotten from US media.