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What is Russia like today?
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:29 am
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:29 am
Are their citizens under strict tyrannical rule or is it a more laxed dictatorship? Are they a mostly poor nation?
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Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:31 am to sta4ever
Looks insane to me. Though most of my information comes from Russian dash cams.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:32 am to sta4ever
Slightly less tyrannical than Canada.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:36 am to sta4ever
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What is Russia like today?
Cold
This post was edited on 2/19/22 at 9:37 am
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:38 am to beerJeep
It’s great if you’re at the top. The rest is like Livingston Parish.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:46 am to Meauxjeaux
The sister in law moved there when the fighting started in Ukraine in 2014. China seems to have a lot more control over there citizens then Russia. In-laws seem free to go about their business. The standard of living is probably below ours, but I wouldn't consider them a poor country.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:46 am to sta4ever
I hear they are working on building a new bridge
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:50 am to sta4ever
Living in Moscow feels very similar to living in any big U.S. city, minus all of the violent crime.
As far as Putin goes, I don't get a sense of being ruled by a dictator. I feel I have the same freedoms as when I lived in the U.S. The standard of living is lower, but people happily live within their means. However, outside of Moscow is some extreme poverty.
The major difference is the police will profile. I pass as a Russian, so I never had problems, but if you are from a -stan country or Africa, you will probably get stopped in the metro every so often for your papers.
As far as Putin goes, I don't get a sense of being ruled by a dictator. I feel I have the same freedoms as when I lived in the U.S. The standard of living is lower, but people happily live within their means. However, outside of Moscow is some extreme poverty.
The major difference is the police will profile. I pass as a Russian, so I never had problems, but if you are from a -stan country or Africa, you will probably get stopped in the metro every so often for your papers.
This post was edited on 2/19/22 at 10:40 am
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:55 am to N2daWild
Can they watch American news, or is it strictly Russian propaganda? I’m just curious if they’re more tyrannical than we realize.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 9:56 am to sta4ever
They built a bridge without a study
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:16 am to jimbeam
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They built a bridge without a study
Complete anarchy
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:17 am to sta4ever
The basic cable comes with BBC, CNN International, some Japanese news network and Russia Today as english news stations.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:19 am to NewGrad1212
quote:Statistics exist for a reason.
The major difference is the police will profile.
Thanks for your answer.
Keep your head down if this shite blows up.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:21 am to sta4ever
Big and cold.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:32 am to NewGrad1212
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Living is Moscow feels very similar to living in any big U.S. city, minus all of the violent crime
Perhaps moreso than any other nationality, Russian criminals are often brilliant minds. You saw this to a lesser extent with La Cosa Nostra here in the States, but the Russian gangsters are often engineers or other professional types. Certainly not your average street thug here.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:41 am to sta4ever
The race card is still looking for its first win in Russia.
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:51 am to NewGrad1212
How is economic freedom in Russia as far as taxes, regs, access to capital?
Do you still have to have good connections or can any citizen start a business with the proper motivation and good decisions as long as they can get a loan or investment?
Do you still have to have good connections or can any citizen start a business with the proper motivation and good decisions as long as they can get a loan or investment?
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:55 am to SCLibertarian
Drug dealing is very sophisticated here. I don't do drugs so I don't know if it's done this way in the U.S., but basically you buy what you want from an anonymous person on the dark web and pay with crypto. Then the dealer will bury the drugs in a park or flower bed and send you the location. The drug laws are strict here, so they don't want any chance to be ratted out.
This post was edited on 2/19/22 at 11:16 am
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:57 am to NewGrad1212
That's a good thing
Posted on 2/19/22 at 10:58 am to NewGrad1212
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Living in Moscow feels very similar to living in any big U.S. city, minus all of the violent crime.
Isn’t that amazing.
And did they have criminal justice reform? No. I’m sure they have very strict laws for violent crime.
But the losers around here will tell you we are too tough on criminals and we have too many people in jail.
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