We hate it that theyâve (some) have become wildly rich and are laundering their money through property in London.
Thatâs all Iâve seen apart from it looks a bit cold.
We hate it that theyâve (some) have become wildly rich and are laundering their money through property in London.
Thatâs all Iâve seen apart from it looks a bit cold.
Fucknuts - misunderstood, maybe. I suspect it suits our poxy Govt to portray them as the bad guys.
One of my sonâs best mates at school is from Russia and doesnât want to go back. Ever.
He got mortally offended by the âofficialâ Vladimir Putin 2017 calendar having ironic pride of place on our kitchen wall.
Had not seen this before I commented above.
My youngest nippers first girlfriend was Russian,
When we were living in The UAE.
They were both about 6 years old at the time.
Mother used to upset my mrs at the time just by looking good.
Pap - perhaps one answer to your question can be found in how massively motivated Russians here in the UAE were to get ANY other Passport back in the Noughties.
Equally as Phil alludes Image was always the key Cultural stereotype - if a girl wasntât clad in Gucci & driving a Ferrari then she wasnât âhappyâ
Smoke and mirrors a lot of it.
But then on the other side, as Democracy has proven to be so utterly fucked in the âWestâ in recent months/years, Russia has actually been doing a pretty good job of being âThe Oppositionâ to Western Arrogance - certainly more effective than Corbyn
It can of course be simply that the west is SO fucked up that Russia is now able to (re) build the network of ties they had before Glasnost. No doubt also ensuring they have good markets for their Heavy Industries.
A country that is driven by money is how I see it. The more money you have the more power you have.
Iâve seen more and more Russians on package holidays over the years and they think that they can chuck money to get what they want. Generally they do because the workers want it.
As far as I am concerned Russian money has spoiled Dalian in Turkey, I visited there 15 years ago and it was unspoilt and there werenât that many hotels. The tour guide told us they werenât allowed to build hotels either to preserve the area.
Roll forward 15 years and the place is covered in luxury hotels built by Russian money.
THe people that stay in Russia are probbaly lovely people but the people that can afford to leave are the most arrogant tossers you can ever meet.
What an idiot I was to say Russiaâs treatment of LGBT folk was abhorrent.
theyâre in the news again today but this time taking all sorts of flak over their dealing of the Beslan massacre. Some serious criticism of themâŠ
The Western situation is even more ridiculous.
Theyâre moaning because Russia will not back an investigation into the chemical weapons attack last week.
One would have thought that the investigation should have preceded any bombing, and that it should not have a pre-determined conclusion in mind.
If one is a subscriber to the zero sum theory when it comes to credibility, the US and the UK just gave over a shitload of points to Russia
fair points pap.
Iâll be honest with you, Iâm finding it harder and harder to know what is the truth anymore that Iâm happier drinking wine and whiskey and waiting for the end.
I like this report of the Russian UN envoy addressing the UK envoyâŠ
âDonât you dare insult Russia!â
Russian social media users are criticising the âundiplomaticâ language used by their envoy to address his British counterpart at the United Nations.
Russia vetoed a UN Security Council vote on Wednesday that would have condemned the suspected chemical attack in Syria last week.
Vladimir Safronkov, Russiaâs Deputy Ambassador, told UK envoy Matthew Rycroft: âLook at me! Donât turn your eyes away. Why are you looking away?â, adding: âDonât you dare insult Russia ever again!â
Users pointed out that in the address, he used the informal âyouâ in Russian or âtyâ, which is only used when speaking to small children, friends or family. This is in contrast to the more polite and formal âyouâ or âvyâ.
One anti-Kremlin user tweeted an image depicting Safronkov as a âgopnikâ - a pejorative Russian term similar to âchavâ.
Dirty nouveau riche. But as theyâll be paying. at least in part, my wages next year Iâll reserve judgment until I see what end of year bling I get given.
Backward gaff on race and sex, pretty backward place really, never fancied going there, a couple of mates work there and say go under the skin of the wealth and its a desperately poor backward shithole.
Yeah - enough about Pompey thoughâŠ
As I say backward, Chechnya is a self governing place though (Federal republic), a satellite yes man of Russia (like Bulgaria used to be), predominately Muslim, backward.
Oh fuck off Barry. Youâre seriously trying to turn this into an anti Muslim thing again, as if the rest of Russia is so tolerant of gay people?
Read what I said on the previous post chubby punter, I said Russia was also backward.
It is.
Just what is it you donât like about Muslims Barry?
I donât get why you single out a specific faith. Ffs Christianity in itâs various current forms cause enough pain and suffering in the world - admittedly theyâre not going ape-shit crazy like ISâŠmore the kiddy-fiddling type of thing in the UK tbf.
Did someone do something bad to you when you were little?