Don't hand me that shite Master Skywalker. I'm not saying anything about Russians or Ukrainians as individuals, but I've been there and 14 years ago spent an extended period of time there working for my company and dealing with government and business types there . I can tell you that my experience and observations are spot on.

And yeah, I find the Mediterranean types to be more preferable to hang out with and break bread with than Russian types . I've spent time in all of the places you have mentioned and then some . I've had a blast with my Hungarian friends....still do, spent Christmas break in 2010 in Prague...10 days and I try to make there and Vienna when I can.

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Posted by Swamp Angel

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Member since Jul 2004

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Posted on 4/30/24 at 6:30 pm to KiwiHead

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Don't hand me that shite Master Skywalker

Touche! I guess turnabout is fair play there.

(Dammit! I was hoping for more of a Kenobi vibe, but I reckon I fell short.)

I guess I can't disagree completely with your assessment of the government and business types there. A lot of it depends on the types of business, and of course the big businessmen in Russia today are, in many cases, former party members and bigwigs who still operate on party principles. Government there, however, isn't any more corrupt than our own. It's just that there they don't attempt to conceal it and pretend that there is no intertwinement of government and business in an effort to benefit a select few in "the club". At least the government there works to protect their sovereignty and their borders.

Back to the subject though - I have no problem with a family that leaves the US to find a more suitable home in another country. They've stated their reasons for leaving, and they have left rather than stay to continually whine and complain about how unfair everything is here, and how Trump is a Nazi or Biden is a Commie. It's just a shame that all those celebrities who continually threaten (promise) to leave the country if their hated politician du jour wins election and then they never make good on that threat (promise).

Anyway, good responses and retorts to several posts. You've defended your position well and made very good points and given me a bit to think about beyond a knee-jerk reaction.