Some things off the top of my head:
- Russians know what they want, since their government tells them what they can want. (look up "Guided Democracy")
- Journalists and thinkers with different opinions tend to die or disappear there. ie. Anna Politkovskaya and dozens of others.
- Russian politicians seem to consider a policy that irritates and angers everyone else successful. In fact, they always seem to be somewhat insecure and needy in terms of attention.
- Chechnya is a lovely place to live in, unless you're a Chechen.
- Russia has some lovely youth movements. This one is otherwise known as Putin-Youth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashi_%28youth_movement%29
- Finland is right next to it, and for a long time was a part of it.
- Despite everything, Russian PC games tend to be good.
- Battleship Potemkin is an interesting piece of film history.
- Vodka's good.
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