29-04-2011, 12:32
^ Some good points, Crazyman.
I guess what most of us use to develop opinions regarding Russia would be the media, which is probably not the best source. Russia doesn't make the news that often in recent years, but my impression is that the country is still struggling to break out from the yoke of a pretty repressive regime, and is in the middle of the financial shock involved in that transition.
I've never travelled to Russia, and have only met a few people who have. Never really tried Russian websites.
Don't think there's necessarily a poor view of Russia any more in the West.
I have read a couple of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books which paint a fairly bleak picture of the middle of the twentieth century Russia.
Interesting discussion...
I guess what most of us use to develop opinions regarding Russia would be the media, which is probably not the best source. Russia doesn't make the news that often in recent years, but my impression is that the country is still struggling to break out from the yoke of a pretty repressive regime, and is in the middle of the financial shock involved in that transition.
I've never travelled to Russia, and have only met a few people who have. Never really tried Russian websites.
Don't think there's necessarily a poor view of Russia any more in the West.
I have read a couple of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn books which paint a fairly bleak picture of the middle of the twentieth century Russia.
Interesting discussion...
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