Questions For Our Russian Friends - Page 82

**Arturo2nd** · February 20th, 2018, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by xyzde69

When I met Swiss leaders of the Green party, they all were mathematicians, physicians, biologists and one was a lawyer.
When I met Swiss liberal politicians, they all were lawyers.

That's because the bankers like to stay out of the public eye and let the attention whores take the bullets.

**Roubignol** · February 21st, 2018, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Motorboater

The thread for the rest of the week should be called "Questions for our VEF members from Russia".

I've to say that I'm surprised and a little bit disappointed that palo5 does not reply more at our general questions. Maybe because he already replied in the past and I didn't read all of his replies.

As a member who does not systematically blame Russian politics, I'd be interested to know his Russian point of view, instead to read Americano European ones.

**Mosco Vito** · February 21st, 2018, 09:39 AM

I'm from Russia, if you have any questions I will try to answer.

**Roubignol** · February 21st, 2018, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Mosco Vito

I'm from Russia, if you have any questions I will try to answer.

I had the following question in the past:

"How do you see people living in the other part of Russia as example living in Vladivostok?"

Are your cultures totally different? Or were your cultures "deleted" by the Communism?

I remember three beautiful Russian women coming from Russia, two of them look like Chinese women when the third one looked Caucasian.
They were spoking together and my Polish colleague who learned Russian languages told me that they really spoke Russian and not a Eastern language that I do not understand.

"Do you understand Georgian, Ukrainian or Uzbek languages? Are they similar or exactly like Russian language? Do they sound like dialects?"

**Mosco Vito** · February 21st, 2018, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by xyzde69

I had the following question in the past:

"How do you see people living in the other part of Russia as example living in Vladivostok?"

Are your cultures totally different? Or were your cultures "deleted" by the Communism?

I remember three beautiful Russian women coming from Russia, two of them look like Chinese women when the third one looked Caucasian.
They were spoking together and my Polish colleague who learned Russian languages told me that they really spoke Russian and not a Eastern language that I do not understand.

"Do you understand Georgian, Ukrainian or Uzbek languages? Are they similar or exactly like Russian language? Do they sound like dialects?"

Russian society is highly fragmented in cultural, social and economic terms. Almost all of Russia does not like the residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Inhabitants of both capitals often are arrogant and apprehension to provincials. Yes, our cultures vary, especially the difference with the republics of the Caucasus.

In Russia there are several racial types, including Asian.

A Russian person can sometimes understand a Ukrainian, but Georgian and Uzbek languages do not look like Russian.

**Brecht** · February 21st, 2018, 10:20 AM

Russian is a Slavic and thus Indo-European language. Georgian and Uzbek belong to entirely different language families.

**Motorboater** · February 21st, 2018, 11:01 AM

Fascinating.

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Originally Posted by xyzde69

I've to say that I'm surprised and a little bit disappointed that palo5 does not reply more at our general questions. Maybe because he already replied in the past and I didn't read all of his replies.

As a member who does not systematically blame Russian politics, I'd be interested to know his Russian point of view, instead to read Americano European ones.

Palo just does his own thing.

**george anson** · February 21st, 2018, 01:25 PM

As far as I can see capitalism requires more consumers, more markets and more products. More advertising. Mostly on things we do not need.

It will destroy the planet as everything is seen as having a required monetary value that can be physically recognized. Those intangibles such as mental well being, breathing clean oxygen, the presence of unspoilt land for it's own sake and those species in it seems to be consistently overlooked.

As I have said before rabid capitalism is terrible. It promotes division, trickle down economics has never worked and many people in capitalist societies do live rough brutish lives and the focus seems to be more and more on superficial fame. Is this a consequence of growing among an ever more numerous populace and trying to be recognized ?

Communism has been far from perfect but it had its strands some of which would have been far more preferable. That men with psychopathic tendencies get to the top in power structures does not help and they did in Russia particularly with Stalin. That huge leap forward taking a serf economy into space could have been achieved in a fair way without the need for huge bloodshed.

I currently see Russia with sadness. Many people despite the Putin PR machine are no better off especially in the rural areas. It's a consequence of unregulated capitalism and cronyism which also occurs in the West to a lesser extent. Billions nay trillions go into the pockets of a few when it should be used to benefit the many.

Putin glibly organizes his PR events like Sochi, upgrading the military which is happening at a snails pace and overlooks as happened with Chernobyl disasters and treats the victims with contempt as with the Kursk. A lot of self help occurs in Russia and a few concerned rich individuals who do care for their fellows in organizing and funding charities. Which should be the responsibility of the government there.

It was horrifying to see the children of Chernobyl for example who with better warning could have received iodine tablets to protect them. It is sad to see young men fighting abroad and dying to put money on the table. The sexual exploitation of young women in modelling and sex trafficking and how locals get their concerns overridden by oligarchs when ancient woodlands are bulldozed because the state governor wants a nice shiny road to a place he cares about while the rest of the infrastructure crumbles.

It Russia has huge resources and it should have been a beacon of progress in the past and now but because of selfish leaders it is not. Not to mention Russians are declining in the world. Not just because of the terrors and two World Wars but emigration and a declining birth rate.

**Mosco Vito** · February 21st, 2018, 03:05 PM

In General, you see the situation in Russia correctly.

**seany65** · February 21st, 2018, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by xyzde69

I've to say that I'm surprised and a little bit disappointed that palo5 does not reply more at our general questions. Maybe because he already replied in the past and I didn't read all of his replies.

As a member who does not systematically blame Russian politics, I'd be interested to know his Russian point of view, instead to read Americano European ones.

I think comrade Palo prefers to only answer when he can 'knock' other countries in his replies about russia.

A bit like the RT news channel...

February 21st, 2018, 09:39 AM	#813
Mosco Vito Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,878 Thanks: 5,564 Thanked 17,469 Times in 1,872 Posts	I'm from Russia, if you have any questions I will try to answer.

February 21st, 2018, 10:20 AM	#816
Brecht Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 10,657 Thanks: 180,485 Thanked 188,142 Times in 10,453 Posts	Russian is a Slavic and thus Indo-European language. Georgian and Uzbek belong to entirely different language families.

February 21st, 2018, 01:25 PM	#818
george anson Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Watford Posts: 8,755 Thanks: 21,800 Thanked 293,578 Times in 8,932 Posts	As far as I can see capitalism requires more consumers, more markets and more products. More advertising. Mostly on things we do not need. It will destroy the planet as everything is seen as having a required monetary value that can be physically recognized. Those intangibles such as mental well being, breathing clean oxygen, the presence of unspoilt land for it's own sake and those species in it seems to be consistently overlooked. As I have said before rabid capitalism is terrible. It promotes division, trickle down economics has never worked and many people in capitalist societies do live rough brutish lives and the focus seems to be more and more on superficial fame. Is this a consequence of growing among an ever more numerous populace and trying to be recognized ? Communism has been far from perfect but it had its strands some of which would have been far more preferable. That men with psychopathic tendencies get to the top in power structures does not help and they did in Russia particularly with Stalin. That huge leap forward taking a serf economy into space could have been achieved in a fair way without the need for huge bloodshed. I currently see Russia with sadness. Many people despite the Putin PR machine are no better off especially in the rural areas. It's a consequence of unregulated capitalism and cronyism which also occurs in the West to a lesser extent. Billions nay trillions go into the pockets of a few when it should be used to benefit the many. Putin glibly organizes his PR events like Sochi, upgrading the military which is happening at a snails pace and overlooks as happened with Chernobyl disasters and treats the victims with contempt as with the Kursk. A lot of self help occurs in Russia and a few concerned rich individuals who do care for their fellows in organizing and funding charities. Which should be the responsibility of the government there. It was horrifying to see the children of Chernobyl for example who with better warning could have received iodine tablets to protect them. It is sad to see young men fighting abroad and dying to put money on the table. The sexual exploitation of young women in modelling and sex trafficking and how locals get their concerns overridden by oligarchs when ancient woodlands are bulldozed because the state governor wants a nice shiny road to a place he cares about while the rest of the infrastructure crumbles. It Russia has huge resources and it should have been a beacon of progress in the past and now but because of selfish leaders it is not. Not to mention Russians are declining in the world. Not just because of the terrors and two World Wars but emigration and a declining birth rate.

February 21st, 2018, 03:05 PM	#819
Mosco Vito Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 1,878 Thanks: 5,564 Thanked 17,469 Times in 1,872 Posts	In General, you see the situation in Russia correctly.