Browsing int I have realized people in Europe and in the West at all know nothing about Russia...

Browsing int I have realized people in Europe and in the West at all know nothing about Russia. Your representation of us in your mind is based on a Cold War propaganda, weird mythes and ocassional Wikipedia articles.
Ask me about Russia and I would answer because I am tired of people calling Putin "Vlad"
(He is Vova or Volodya. These are short form of Vladimir. Vlad is a short form of Vladislav, it's different name).

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Russia is not "the savior of white race" as pol believes. First, we do not think in racial terms at all. We think in terms of ethnicity. Second, Russians may have absolutely any appearance, calling us white or not white is stupid, because we are just Russians. We are mixed a lot, there are 100+ different ethnicities in our country. And there is no such a thing as racial tensions in Russia, there are only ethnic ones. For example, everyone hates Chechens - Russians, Tatars, Buryats, and even other peoples from Caucasus, everyone have problems with them. Yet they are obviously pretty white.

If I get a Russian wife I can sexually assault and rape her without getting into trouble?

That is an ass made for fucking.

Many Westerners consider us to be a European country which is retarded because inside the Russia people don't consider ourselves European and makes a distinctive difference between Russia and Europe. Moreover, pro-European attitudes that were popular in the past (in 18-19 centuries after Petr the Great westernized the elites, we had a perpetual cultural debates whether Russia should be European country or not) are very unpopular now because of anti-western propaganda on a TV and the new opportunities the Web is providing: people see now, how different we are. On the other hand, internet westernizes youth pretty seriously.
You can say "Russia is European country", it's simply not true. We have some western traits, but nowadays every country has them. I would say we are our own cultural are, influencing all the other ex-USSR countries. I would say it's the most popular attitude now.

>all know nothing about Russia
We know plenty.
First hand experience.
Russia is cancer.

If Russia,China,India,Turkey,all those little islamic countries,all those crazy dictatorships in Africa,North Korea and the USA suddenly vanish from the face of the Earth we could all live in peace.

You can do it legally in Russia.They just voted on it so they can beat their wives as much as they like.

Do Russians see violence, corporate espionage and military conquests as legitimate political tools that the state should use to further Russian interests?
Because to me that seems to be the case, and it is the reason why I (and I'm sure many other westerners) approach Russia with a pretty deep apprehension.

>You can do it legally in Russia
Wrong.

Yes, i am over exaggerating.
The problem is i am not over exaggerating by that much.

Well, domestic violence is a big problem in Russia (and recently government removed the law making it a criminal offence, now you would only pay fines for beating your wife and children).
But, on the other hand, mist of our women deserve it with their hysterical, gold digging behavior. Russian women - and especially those ones who marry a foreigners - are all about money. If you're from a first world country you would easily get a Russian girl, but she would drain you and would leave you as soon as she gets citizenship.
Another one trait - all our women consider themselves to be a princesses, who want the rich guy to grant them with cars and jewelry, who would think for her and she would just have to spread her legs.

My family is from Russia, and I've been to russia many times, including shitholes like Ulyanovsk, Varonezh

pretty much everything they say about russia is true, it's just Russians themselves are eating up propaganda "it's not that bad! putin is making things better!"

just lol.

for example my family in russia is now complaining that there are no good food products anymore in russia, everything they make themselves in russia is disgusting and poorly made

You're still largely European though. Get over it

>blaming the women
The problem is not with your women.

The problem is with your country.

The problem is with the Russian parents.

Did those women raise themselves?

>Browsing int
you think 80% of what is posted isn't serious or non-hyperbolic?

2bh the West is the main troublemaker, m8. If Europe and USA would disappear world would have an ease.
>Do Russians see violence, corporate espionage and military conquests as legitimate political tools that the state should use to further Russian interests?
Obviously yes. But I think overwhelming majority of people in the planet thinks so too. Because these tools has always been and will always be the most effective ones, it's literally how politics are made. You should be a fool to believe that the alternative is possible.
You should now pay fine instead of being imprisoned. I have never beat a woman myself, I reflected on it a lot and I have decided that I would beat women only if she cheats me (shit, I would beat a cheating whore to the brim of death), if she steals some shit from me or so.

They boycott Dutch food imports. And we're the second food exporter of the world. So..

>now you would only pay fines for beating your wife and children

You will call me a first world pussy now, but I think that it's pretty bad you only have to pay a fine for beating your family. That puts beating your family on the same level as driving 20km/h too fast or something.

Is it true foreign tourists get harassed by corrupt cops in Russia?

That's the story people hear here.

That's true, especially cheese is shit now.
Well, on the other hand, we still have money to buy a food so it's not that bad.
Not really. If you learn Russian and would read RuNet, you would realize we are very different just like I have realized it after learning English. Of course our high culture of 18-19th centuries were borrowed from Europe, but we had history before and have a history after, we have also low culture which has never been European, etc etc. The thing is, our geography and climate are very different from Europe and this is what creates a mindset of people. So we are very different and there is nothing bad about it.

shut up you bitch
don't tell the truth
fantasy shit hole russia is better for us
it's a BIG cunning plan.

Do you think all Europeans share some sort of common culture and language? We're all vastly different but we all live in Europe, that makes us European. You're European too Volodya

This.

Well, I bet they can't wait when would World Championship 2018 begin. You know, foreigner wouldn't go to a court, he knows nothing about our laws, knows nothing about Russia at all. Tourists would come here and would be drank and stoned so our police would have a lot of bribes.
It's not about people posting on Russia being hyperbolic. It's about people being ignorant.

No, but there is still something in you which unites you, and we don't have it. Idk how to explain it, I just can propose you to learn Russian and realize the difference.
>we all live in Europe, that makes us European
If it's about geography, than yes, we have 30% of territory with majority of population in Europe, but it's not about culture. 2bh I don't understand why is it geographically too, our plain is pretty different from European nature. All your nature is about diversity, mountains, small shit, valleys and so, while Russian plain is just a plain with huge rivers, forests and steppes.

What does Russia think of North Korea?
What does Russia think of South Korea?
I'm asking cause when I go ask my old folks around here, they don't seem to talk about Russia too much, only mention the Chinese or Japanese.

both are shit

>South Korea?
Governed by religious cult.
>North Korea?
Governed by commie religious cult.

>something in you which unites you
And that would be?
>learn Russian and realize the difference
Wot. Yes a different language is different. This is the same across Europe.
>European nature
There is no single European nature. It baries wildly from the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, Poland etc.

The only requirement for being European is that your country is in Europe. You're looking at 20 different countries as being one entity. It's not, we're all very different

>What does Russia think of North Korea?
Weird dictatorship but many people feel sympathy towards them because they oppose the West. Also attitude that they are in shit only because of embargo is popular.
>What does Russia think of South Korea?
Hardworking people with totalitarian mind (actually people think like that about all the Koreans). Liberals like to point at SK as an example that capitalism and pro-western position is better.
Also there are many Koreans in Russia, OP pic is our rock hero Victor Tsoy. Most of people are okay with Koreans. Also 2ch loves k-pop.

>There is no single European nature. It baries wildly from the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, Poland etc.
And nothing really varies here and it's different - continental climate, harsh freezing winters, etc.
>Yes a different language is different
I mean to understand the difference you should learn our language so you could read Russian internet and have the idea what Russians are about.
>And that would be?
It's difficult to say, really. Speaking vaguely, I would call it rationality. Your brains are rational and ours are not that much. But it's very difficult to explain it in one post. Another one reason is a structure of society, economy, historical background and so.

>and nothing really varies here
And? Your climate is part of the patchwork of European climates.

Mate if you spent even a tiny amount of time in any European country you would see that we're all just as different to each other and we are to you. There is simply more overlap because we live closer, but your population resides in Europe and has done for centuries. No one outside of Russia thinks you're anything other than another European country. You're not some special snowflake. You're European. Deal with it

I like how this is coming out of a Britbongs mouth.

We're different to the continentals just like Russia thinks it's different to Europe, but we're still European. It's pure geography

I hope to move to Russia some day.

I guess you can't imagine an European country, with monarchy, guards with large hats, protestants, anti-authoritarian, with different regionalistic lands, naval history, beer culture, social mobility, freedom loving country in Europe, where the industrial revolution and enlightenment happened at the same time, who spend their time fighting the French.

No idea what this post is supposed to mean

From what I can see from russia, everything is half assed. From their architecture, their way of living, etc. There is always a lot of energy when starting something but halfway through they just give up, compared to other shitholes where anything that requires a large amount of time/work is doomed from the begging.

>No one outside of Russia thinks you're anything other than another European country.
That's some grade A autism. Literally everyone, who is not an uneducated idiot, knows that Russia and Europe are different cultures.

>Ask me about Russia
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lmao. nah, you're wrong, get over yourself.
you're a very savage peoples I agree, but still European. honestly I think russian anti-intellectialism/westernism (just for the sake of being contrary) is the most toxic and dangerous thing about your culture

>just for the sake of being contrary

Do you have some sort of mental conditio, where you convinced yourself that Russia is European and now are upset that reality is not the way you want it be?
>savage
There is no one more savage than a European.
>anti-intellectualism
Lmao. Russia had brought humanity into the Space Age. Europe has invented genocide. Is that why you want so desperately to be associated with us? Tough luck.

What does Russia think of Latin America in general? And specifically, what does Russia think of countries like Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia?
Most important Russian films?
Most important Russian books?
How would you describe the Russian mentality?
What do you think of Vladimir Putin?
What do you want the world to know about Russia that you think we should know?

> What does Russia think of Latin America in general? And specifically, what does Russia think of countries like Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia?

We are neutral towards them.

What happened to all those democracy/antiputin protesters couple years back? Did they change their minds or are they just less visible nowadays.

Maidan happened and everyone sane stopped supporting that circus.

Any experience from Russians with latins?

no...

but there is colombian living in Saint-Petersburg here on int, he didn't complain

>Tatars
Is it true that Tatars are at the origin of the Hamburger, through the "steak tartare"? (originally misspelled?)

they say the horsemen (russians?) would put meat under their seat like Tatars, to soften the meat
and then ...
and then it gave the hamburger

What's Moscow like?

>my country isn't that simple
>in fact it's really complex
wow groundbreaking news

>ssia think of Latin America in general? And specifically, what does Russia think of countries like Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia?
Can't say about all Russians but afaik no one's give a shit about South America. They're just too far away from us and too powerless to be cared of.
>Most important Russian films?
What do you mean 'most important'? I personally love Tarkovskiy's movies (all of them) and Balabanov's.
>Most important Russian books?
Again, what do you mean by 'important'? Every author and book is important.
>What do you think of Vladimir Putin?
Angry Brezhnev
>What do you want the world to know about Russia that you think we should know?
No such things desu.

> What do you want the world to know about Russia that you think we should know?

that we are paper tiger totally dependent from west.

Russia-west tensions is like China-North korea "tensions".

We? Do you think that you represent the world in any way?

Do you all have a dashcam?
How bad is inflation currently?
Is Putin very popular?
How many people named Nikolai do you know?
Is NATO seen as an offensive thread?
Do the younger generations want the USSR back?
Are Russians moving away to the west seen as traitors?
How many homeless people do you see if you would walk trough a big city?
Are there a lot of tourists outside of Moscow?

>Ask me about Russia
like you know anything

> Do you all have a dashcam?
most car owners, yes
> How bad is inflation currently?
pretty bad
> Is Putin very popular?
he is "popular", because he has huge propaganda machine and he suppresses every opposition leader and infiltrates every movement with hidden FSB spies and provocateurs.
> How many people named Nikolai do you know?
few
> Is NATO seen as an offensive thread?
yeah
> Do the younger generations want the USSR back?
no
> Are Russians moving away to the west seen as traitors?
no, they are seen as blessed lucky people
> How many homeless people do you see if you would walk trough a big city?
not much, we dont have streets like Skidrow full o hobos
> Are there a lot of tourists outside of Moscow?
In Saint-Petersburg and golden ring cities, yes.

Is it true that society is heavily corrupted?

Is it true that the Russian mafia and the Russian police / government are often interchangeable?
Adding to this, how easily can you bribe a police officer?

Would you immigrate to the USA if you could?

What does Russia think of the first world?

Who is your favorite Russian premier?

Thanks тoвapищ

Shit I meant to ask who is your favorite SOVIET premier* obviously.

> Is it true that society is heavily corrupted?
yes
> Is it true that the Russian mafia and the Russian police / government are often interchangeable?
yes
> Adding to this, how easily can you bribe a police officer?
easily
> Would you immigrate to the USA if you could?
yes
i luv usa
> What does Russia think of the first world?
lucky people
> Who is your favorite Russian premier?
brezhnev

Thanks Ivan. I've met many Russians in USA and I really like your culture and the majority of Ruskis here. I had a Russian girlfriend and she told me that Russia has really different beliefs regarding women etc and I find that interesting

For example she said that women do not sit on cold surfaces (ie: rocks, the ground) for fear of rendering themselves infertile (ie: unable to have children). Is this true or bullshit? Aha thank you for answering my questions dude. If there is anything you want to ask of my country go ahead my friend

> For example she said that women do not sit on cold surfaces (ie: rocks, the ground) for fear of rendering themselves infertile (ie: unable to have children). Is this true or bullshit?

its true for both genders

I hate to break it to you ivan, but all women are like that.

>it is true for both genders

AHA! Is this the true reason for the famous slav squat?

Well, that's true. I never accomplish anything myself thorough. We have a mentality that if anything is working it's enough. We don't decorate our homes as much as westerners because we just don't see the point in making efforts more than it's minimally needed.
That's bad. Tons of people interested in other culture and no one I interested in ours because it's simply not being promoted.
Do you realize that our anti-western attitudes have a reason? You have been invading us every fucking century. Hitler, Napoleon, Sweden and Carl XII, Poles, Livonian war, Teuton order and crusades. Obviously if you invade us and wanna take over our resources we would resist. And anti-westernism doesn't equals to anti-intellectualism. Our intellectual culture has both pro- and anti-western traditions (second one is more prominent though). Dostoevskiy, Solzhenitsyn were anti-European (I guess they are among the most prominent Russian intellectuals in the West). I could name others, like Il'yin or Vladimir Solov'yeov.
Well, I would say we like Latin America. We had tons of Latin soap operas in 90s. We respect Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. People also often point that USA has stolen Mexican soil. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is well known, as well as Pablo Neruda. Generals of sand was enormously popular movie. People really felt compassion to Chile when they were ruled by Pinochet. By the structure of society and economy Russia is 100% Latin American country so our economists often look at this region.
>Most important Russian films?
Soviet classics. From post-soviet era - Brat, Voyna, Durak, Zhmurki, Gruz 200.
>Most important Russian books?
Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Dostoevskiy, Griboyedov, Mayakovskiy, Bunin, Kuprin, Gor'kiy, Akhmatova, Brodskiy, Solzhenitsyn, Yerofeyev, Sorokin, Pelevin.
Other is difficult to say.

You may but she probably kill you when you would become defenceless

>no one I interested in ours because it's simply not being promoted.

That's also not true. I love Russian culture. Many of my friends do as well. We shoot Mosin–Nagants and I've even got an ushanka for winter wear. Your songs are fucking awesome and some people here know of Katyusha, Polyushka Polye, Red army orchestra etc

I want to see Russia necp,e a super power again so that we have a reason to invest in space travel and compete with you.

Why does so much child porn come from russia.
Are child "modelling" agencies legal?

Were put to prison, scared or emigrated. Without leaders people just call Putin jerk on 2ch. It's pretty dangerous now to be openly anti-Putin and repost shit about him or religion.
Never heard about it.
Big city, 15 million population. Centre of the city are very rich people, outskirts are poorer but still better than anything outside of Moscow. Prices are high though. Btw good trait of Russia is that we don't have neighborhoods for a special ethnicities, everyone live together - if you was asking about it. Moscow gives opportunities, you can find a job there (what may be really difficult outside of Moscow) and have at least 50% more than you would get living in a province. I think it's a typical 2nd/3rd world thing, when all the development in country happens in one city. Lagos in Nigeria, Mexico in Mexico, Buenos Aires in Argentina.

>Never heard about it.
''In the beginning of the 13th century the soldiers of the Mongol warlord Genghis Khan used to put raw meat under their saddles, so that the movement of the horse's back tenderised the meat. When his grandson Kublai Khan conquered Moscow, (...)
ellisgourmetburger.nl/en/story - What is the "Louis original"

>The took this culinary custom with him. The Russians called it 'Steak Tartare' after the name they gave to the Mongols and soon enough Russian cooks added onions and eggs to give the meat a richer flavour. As a result of trade with Russian towns, the dish made its way to the German harbour city of Hamburg, where it was named "Hamburg steak". Last century a large number of European immigrants entered the 'promised land' of America via Ellis Island in New York

>Do you all have a dashcam?
I don't.
>How bad is inflation currently?
Getting better according to official stats, but we are in shit still.
>Is Putin very popular?
Yes, but not as much as it was after Crimea now.
>How many people named Nikolai do you know?
1
>Is NATO seen as an offensive thread?
Obviously yes.
>Do the younger generations want the USSR back?
I would say 60% would like to have it back. USSR is seen as golden era in our culture so youth who didn't live there wants it back too.
>Are Russians moving away to the west seen as traitors?
No. The funnier thing is that many Russians moving to the West still hate the West. It's ridiculous. Many people move to Germany and complain about gays, Turks, Germans and other shit, jerk off to Putin while refusing to come back to glorious Russia.
>How many homeless people do you see if you would walk trough a big city?
Depends on the areas. Hundreds near the train stations and subway stations, not many if you walk in an average outskirt.
>Are there a lot of tourists outside of Moscow?
Not really, maybe in Saint Petersburg.

Will the local gopniks try to steal my wallet if I walk close to them?

The only currently and historically relevant part of Russia is European. All that empty frozen Asian clay is just something nobody else bothered to take.

>Also 2ch loves k-pop.

Only some retarded kimchiboos do.

i may not know much about Russia but i do know the guy in OP's pic. Do people in Russia still listen to Kino? is/was it a well-respected band? I've been listening to their music a lot lately and it's really good. Would every Russian know or recognize Victor Tsoi?

>Is it true that society is heavily corrupted?
Yes.
>Is it true that the Russian mafia and the Russian police / government are often interchangeable?
Yes.
>Adding to this, how easily can you bribe a police officer?
Pretty easy if a policeman see you you can pay.
>Would you immigrate to the USA if you could?
Obviously yes, but Trump seems to hate immigrants and USA would be more a difficult place to move to during his presidency.
>What does Russia think of the first world?
Envy 2bh. Also people like pol-tier stories about le doomed West but in fact it's just to convince themselves that Russia is better.
>Who is your favorite Russian premier?
Khrushchev for social liberation.
Brezhnev for life quality.
Stalin for pulling us out of Africa-tier 3rd world, creating industry and so.

>Do people in Russia still listen to Kino?
Eah, at least people around my age do (30yo). And it was one of the most respected groups at the time, it still is being played on our radio stations very often. I bet almost every russian above 25yo will recognize him without a problem.

Russians are degenerates who love to fuck children.

>For example she said that women do not sit on cold surfaces (ie: rocks, the ground) for fear of rendering themselves infertile (ie: unable to have children). Is this true or bullshit?
True. Isn't it obvious it's dangerous to your health? Men don't sit on a cold things too because it's dangerous for balls.
Yes. Squatting is an old prison tradition when people didn't sit on a cold and dirty floor. As prison culture has a huge influence on our culture, language and so squatting has become popular. It's seen as a low class thing though now and people wouldn't squat if there is a bench to sit.

How strong are the tensions between the different ethnicitys in russia? e.g. what would happend if putin dies tomorrow in an accident and there would be no 'strong man' to hold you all together like what happend to Jugoslawia after Tito died?

litvinenko taught me all I need to know about russia

>True. Isn't it obvious it's dangerous to your health? Men don't sit on a cold things too because it's dangerous for balls.

No, it isn't obvious Ivan. We don't learn this in USA and until now I never really even considered there might be a health risk.

Granted, your frozen taiga is far more cold to an unsuspecting ball sack than the prairies of Texas here. Given that though my former russian girlfriend did say it is folklore so I doubt it really has much scientific merit tbqh

Thanks for the squatting explanation. I've also heard other Russians say its because the ground is dirty and there are very few benches in Russia.

>Do people in Russia still listen to Kino?

Well, some fans probably still do.
Kino used to be quite popular till the late 90s.

>Would every Russian know or recognize Victor Tsoi?

Yes, at least those who were born before 1990.

People from some Caucasian republics MIGHT start some shit but that's about it, everyone in power remembers too well how we got fucked by West after Perestroyka.

kek so this is how continentals feel talking to us...

>Isn't it obvious it's dangerous to your health?
I love how supersticious russians are

Kek I thought the same thing

Keep in mind though it probably IS BAD for your health and your nuts to sit down on frozen wasteland a la Siberia

Sitting on a cold surface can provoke some UTIs like cystitis, iirc there were some studies in the US. But generally it's just a superstition, it's not that dangerous.

Also this is a hohol thread.

Yes. Actually we listen mostly to the 80s-90s music, Russia is extremely conservative in music. 90s and first half of 00s were a metalhead era here while in the West it was in 80s. Obviously anyone would recognize Kino, it's one of the most popular rock bands in our history.
There are totally the same people with the same culture living in both parts. Talking about Europe geographically is retarded. Also in OUR history Siberia meant really a lot.

>No, it isn't obvious Ivan. We don't learn this in USA and until now I never really even considered there might be a health risk.
Is dat a reason to put sentence "Caution! May become hot" on coffee?

Both Strarcraft games are good tho.

your testicles are not in your body, but in you scrotum because they need to be kept cooler
obviously don't sit on literal subzero ice bare balls though

Do people in Russia actually like Putin? Is there generally support for the invasion of Ukraine and how do you justify it?

It is factually bad for girls to sit on cold surfaces due to increasing risk to catch cystitis. Not sure about boys, though.

>Sitting on a cold surface can provoke some UTIs like cystitis, iirc there were some studies in the US

Source.

Otherwise it is just a superstition. I am shocked that you scientifically inclined kulaks still believe in peasant folklore, it's endearing to be honest

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1345322

>Do people in Russia actually like Putin?

Yes, 93% of people support him.

>Is there generally support for the invasion of Ukraine and how do you justify it?

Liberation of the people of Donbas from Kiev pro-american junta.