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Paul Holmes · VIP Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 917

I find the men have held on the old ways more so than the women.
But the women, I am not just talking about cooking and such, but it is the greed that has entered the system
I walked in a plumbing store and saw plumbing equipment that you would never see at a normal high end middle class family in the USA, because of the cost. But in city that the average salary was 300 a month, there it was. Before Russian people cared about each other more, now they will fuck each over to get a better car or better tub with jets on it. It is so bad, they sell women to other countries and the government puts a blind eye to it as long as they earn a profit.

Soundbrigade · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject:

During our 5-week stay in Ufa last Spring we looked in every possible shop and market searching for a Pelmenitsa (for making pelmeni) and for a special iron for cooking Kuritsa Tabaka (Chicken Tabaka - the chicken is fried under heavy pressure). Found nothing but a lot of top-of-the-class Espresso-machines and blenders ...
The pelmenitsa, however we did find in Ravenna, Italy. Shocked

nikir · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject:

darthvader · WayToRussified Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 367

CAjules · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:18 am Post subject:

darthvader · WayToRussified Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 367

Perhaps.....Maybe the Jason Bourne series would seem boring after such a movie endeavour?

One could suppose if Khordovsky didn't have any political ambitions + did not fund any political opposition to Putin, he would have had such a relaxing life these days, managing an English football team, being a space tourist in the Russian space program, or simply throwing huge parties every once in a while? Who knows?

Even so, most Russians I've encountered are content with (or, accepting of) Putin. They've had far worse. Of course Putin's road was initially rocky (eg. in 2000), but, as soon as he reigned in the mainstream media, the negative reporting stopped, and he has done no wrong for years.

If not shrewd, Putin's been very fortunate too, with export oil-prices increasing 6-fold during his tenure. Superficially, the jewels of St Petersburg and Moscow have thus benefitted greatly. There has also been some government financial trickle into the provinces.

However, unfortunately, cost of living increases at a too high rate across the country. So much more needs to happen of course, to further improve Russians' quality of life. Perhaps Putin's team really will achieve what's needed over the next decade or two? But, will Government go against historical precedent, and really be a friend of the Russian people?

Ender · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: