From an article by a Russian scholar:
Russia is a poor country.” However much people focus on the limousines of its wealth,
the future pensions of its citizens are so small that they would elicit only pity “in the poorest of the EU countries” and the state of its villages and other rural areas is comparable to “the poorest countries of Africa
It’s all true what he’s saying.
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I thought this might amuse you. I got this response on a face book group from a Russian today for calling her a Russian chauvinist. Do these people know how silly they look to the rest of the world?
“In this case it is you who have to leave the group because I was accused of chauvinism and insulted my nationality. I have every right to apply for you in court. You have insulted a Russian citizen and want to write about the people in Russia?”
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Gosh, it’s like a boutique of collective insanity.
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