no i know that ur government is one of the cruelest capitalist governments,, i wanna know how did u been accustomed to the system?and make a personal comparison between two russia from inside it..

and i think there is a racism growing up there, isn t it?

ok,,i m sorry,i m asking only ideologic matters..and what about ur hopes,dreams about the future??in russia,about russia??

ok,,let me tell what i know,and say if they re right or not..

1. first of all,,economy.. the russian economy  shows two signs,,one hand is western style capitalism,and the consolidation of corporatist, criminal-style capitalism on the other..yeah,,u ve robber barons in ur country,and it can t be called as a capitalist system,,maybe it s called as an oligarchy.. Far from creating an open market, Russia has consolidated a semi-criminal oligarchy that was already largely in place under the old Soviet system. After communisms collapse, it merely changed its appearance..

2. i don t think there s a finished democracy system in ur country,,yeah it may be that "Russians are freer than at any time in their history" but not to the other countries or nations..

3.and racism.. i ve watched racist teens several times on tv,,is this nothing? this is true in lots of countries..

i d like to talk about the russian culture,and sightseeings..but i don t have any info,i ve never been there..but i ll see one day..

Well, Chiquillo, we really have criminal, oligarches, and radical bands in Russia. But I know these things are also in plenty of other countries. By the way, when I read BBC or CNN news (in English), I am astonished to see how they distort facts concerning Russia... Though, I think all the media in the World always do it.

Chiquillo wrote:

Far from creating an open market...

What is "open market" in your opinion?

Chiquillo wrote:

i don t think there s a finished democracy system in ur country

I wonder what "a finished democracy system" is and what countries it exists in.

I just want to make clear these terms.

Chiquillo wrote:

i d like to talk about the russian culture,and sightseeings..but i don t have any info

There are the next indigenous populations in Russia: the Russians, Tartars, Chuvash, Bashkirs, Buryats, Chukchies, Yakuts, Nentcy, Mordva, Evenky, Khanty, Mansy, Komy, Adygeitcy, Karely, Nganasany, Koryaky, Udmurty, Tuvintcy, Itelmeny, Yukagiry, Dolgany, Kety... This list is not complete because, for example, only in the Caucasus there are more than 40 peoples. All of them have cultural differences. What culture would you like to talk about? About the Russians' culture only or about the culture of the other peoples of Russia?

Iavor wrote:

It is due to the Russian intrusion in 1944 that Bulgaria is in such a sorry state now.

No offence, but it is due to Bulgaria herself she is in such a sorry state now. Look at Japan; she is quite a developed country these days. But after 1945 her state was not much better than Bulgaria's. Probably, Japan's state was even worse because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

Chiquillo wrote:

but let s talk no more on ideologic matters..

A wise decision.

Chiquillo wrote:

tell me ur own culture and tradition..in which ethnic nationality have u been?? for example what do u use as instruments in ur ceremonies,like that .. what u want.. have u ever been in a different country? like in turkey? there s so much russians  here

I belong to the Russians. But if we are going to talk about me, I am afraid this is off topic because the title is "What do you think of Russia and Russian ppl?" but not "What do you know about Ruslana".

One of our national instruments is balalaika. You can see it below.

Chiquillo, I am not sure it is a good idea to talk about Russian culture in this thread because, again, the title refer to what foreigners think about Russia but not to what her culture is. I have told something about Russian customs here and, perhaps, I will tell more. Anyway, I doubt that the special thread "About Russian culture" (or something like that) is going to be very popular. Though, I don't say I will never create it.