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Di you like Russia?

Yes, I love it! 218 35.68%
 
No, I hate it. 144 23.57%
 
Russia is strange... 130 21.28%
 
Don't know yet, curious ... 67 10.97%
 
Don't know and don't care. 45 7.36%
 
Total:604
dovus said:

As he bans every independent candidate/party from taking part in election.

This is simply not true.



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dahuman said:
Which mountain did Rocky train on? Was Rocky 4 banned in Russia?

Sorry, don't remember. I don't think its some big mountains in central Russia. )))
And I was watching Rocky movies when I was a child. It was late 80-s if I remember correctly, and then nothing was prohibited actually! )



dahuman said:
Why are Russian men so average but the women so hot?

You know I never thought about men in terms of hot/average )))
We have a joke in Russia. 
'- Hey, guys, it seems I'm a lesbian! - Why? - Its so much hot guys around, but I still only look on women!' ))

 



osed125 said:
Sharu said:
osed125 said:

What you think of ignorant people who think WW III could happen?

I afraid it could happen. I don't want it, I don't want my children to know what a war is.

Sorry if that sounded offensive. Do you really believe a WW III could happen? how many countries are willing to take place in a war between Russia and Ukraine?

Nobody wants a war there. We afraid that Ukraine can become a terrorist camp, like Chechnia was in the 90-s.



Sharu said:
 

Again a hard question. From my point of view, this is acceptable on two reasons.

1. People are living better since Putin get to power.

2. People support him.

From the law point of view they made it the way that its 100% legal. And since most of Russia support Putin we close our eyes on some things. ))
Btw, if I know correctly, Rusvelt also was a president 3 times, even against some American laws. Should you call him a dictator because of this?

So, its like i said. You claimed i was telling bullshit, but it isnt. The only reason people put up with it is because of the money flowing into the country due to oil and gas reserves.

I am sure that that Rusvelt thing was a very long time ago. No american president can do that anymore without 8 year intervals between mandates. Since theres a much better democratic system (though with its problems, its not fixed) the people probably wouldnt support that aswell and he/she would fail in that atempt.



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How exactly does the last-name heritage works in Russia? I know females add an "a" at the end of the last-name (like Maria Sharapova), but does this applies all the time? If Putin has a daughter her last name would be "Putina"?



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Sharu said:

Almost never, usually as a part of bad translation. )))

We have wording "Rodina-mat" - which is smth like "Motherland-Mother" (we have a separate word for Motherland - Rodina). So I think 'Mother Russia' arised somewhere in the middle of bad translation.

Oh okay, because I hear it in movies and it sounds cool with the Russian accent.   



Talal said:
Is the average person in Russia a homophobe?

No. In fact most people in Russia don't care about sexual orientation of others. As we say - we don't care what you doing in your beds and in your homes.

In the big cities like SPb you can see open gays and gay pairs on the streets and nobody cares. (In the centre. I think some areas of a big city can be dangerous for them, especially in the night.)

But when those idiots (so called LGBT activists) were saying that thay will go to schools and kindergardens and explain children that they should fusk in the ass... If they do it - it will be heavy casualties. And the new law which gives penalties for propaganda of gay relations to the children - mostly saves these fools from heavy beating.



Nem said:
Sharu said:
 

Again a hard question. From my point of view, this is acceptable on two reasons.

1. People are living better since Putin get to power.

2. People support him.

From the law point of view they made it the way that its 100% legal. And since most of Russia support Putin we close our eyes on some things. ))
Btw, if I know correctly, Rusvelt also was a president 3 times, even against some American laws. Should you call him a dictator because of this?

So, its like i said. You claimed i was telling bullshit, but it isnt. The only reason people put up with it is because of the money flowing into the country due to oil and gas reserves.

I am sure that that Rusvelt thing was a very long time ago. No american president can do that anymore without 8 year intervals between mandates. Since theres a much better democratic system (though with its problems, its not fixed) the people probably wouldnt support that aswell and he/she would fail in that atempt.

We have a law in Russia. Putin was elected as a president according to the law. Then the law was changed, with all the nesessary procedures. With a new law in place, he can be a president two times in a raw again. Its 100% legal. You can call it a trick. But I personally support it since Putin is only possible leader for Russia at this moment (in my personal opinion).



Sharu said:
NewGuy said:
1) Do the girls there like foreigners?
2) How hard is it to learn the language? From a speaking perspective and from a writing perspective. I know there are the rules for "feminine" and "masculine" (and also neutral) objects like in french, spanish, and portuguese. Anything else besides that? How is the grammar? Lots of verb conjugation? Any tricks to pronunciation?

And привет :)

1. Not so much, only prostitutes ))). In fact there IS an interest to foreigners - but its a part of Russian culture, we usually try to help a foreigner and interested to speak with them if possible. 
2. I think its hard for English speakers. On of my friends from Norway said about Russian Language (she was trying to learn it) - 'Russian language is like a LEGO. Its a lot of small parts and you can put it together to get words some new meaning'.

And there are some sounds which are hard for you. But for us to correctly pronounce English words is also an uneasy trick, so its OK! ))

Being quad lingual and working on my fifth might help me a bit :) I think I'll take on Russian in a couple of years or so.

1) What is true and what is myth about the russian mafia?

2) Who do Russians view as their most famous athlete? Famous celeb?

2) Do you know who Fedor Emelianenko is? What about Aleksandr Karelin? Do people in general know who they are?