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user-inactivated  ·  3421 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "People in Russia are Anti-US" and other such statements

    The russian version of QI

Huh? What's that? I'd love to see that, given how good the original was!

    The problem is not in the upbringing but the whole mentality propagated by the media.

...which, sadly, pours over to next generations, who are being brought up in such dark times.

Being a Russian brings forth an interesting culture: most of the time, you're trained not to pay any attention to others (and pretend that they aren't there if something happens), but as soon as you befriend somebody, you ought to help them out. I'm not saying that there is no genuine friendship in Russia, but the sudden shift in behavior can be shocking to foreigners.