MrPedantic  +  327080 Fri, 09 Feb 07 10:58 PM They are two face people. The population of Russia was c. 142,893,540, as of July 2006. How many Russians did you meet, Anon? MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	Ruslana  +  327367 Sat, 10 Feb 07 05:15 PM  Anonymous wrote: I don't like them. They are two face people. Look at the country first of all, isn't there anybody who would care of orphans? any donations? Only murders, lies, drinking, porn, these are what all nation are about. It is distasteful to me, and I had unpleasant personal opinion when I went to visit that country.  That's so 'cute' when Anons come here and drop something about what they have no idea, just to provoke hot debates. Ruslana Joined on Sat, Dec 17 2005 Senior Member 3,688

	Llunanen  +  331172 Mon, 19 Feb 07 11:29 PM Hhahahah!  I 've had a good laugh reading this thread. Thank you very much! Anyways, I think that people who have absolutely no idea about Russia, have never been there, and only heard something about it  during their lessons at school shouldn't really try to evaluate Russia's political and economical life. No offence meant! As to my personal opinion about the country it is very  positive, I must confess, but it's really biased due to some reasons The people...well, there is always room from improvement. But that actually goes for all nations! But what really makes me feel good is that I can see the changes for the better! Llunanen Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Russia/Estonia New Member 16

	Linh  +  331681 Wed, 21 Feb 07 07:28 AM I've never been to Russia. I know this country mainly through my reading about their history and the media. I love the story "The first teacher" by Tshinghiz Aitmatov (a Kyrgyzstan author) and the 1925 silent film "Battleship Potemkin" (by Sergei Einsenstein). I like Russian girly look, too. On the other hand, I'm quite scared of the Skinheads thing and the racism against foreigners. Surely it's not the attitude of all Russian people. But the murders of some foreign students in Moscow recently have created an impression of a not very secure Russia. Am I right? BTW, I totally agree with someone here that good and bad exist everywhere. Linh Joined on Sun, Feb 18 2007 New Member 05 Synchronize your watches. There's still time to kill.

	Llunanen  +  331892 Wed, 21 Feb 07 09:58 PM  Linh wrote: On the other hand, I'm quite scared of the Skinheads thing and the racism against foreigners. Surely it's not the attitude of all Russian people. But the murders of some foreign students in Moscow recently have created an impression of a not very secure Russia. Am I right? BTW, I totally agree with someone here that good and bad exist everywhere. These are outrageous incidets; however, that does not imply that every single foreigner is in grave danger walking the streets of Russia. Llunanen

	Westlake  +  332967 Sun, 25 Feb 07 09:32 AM  Vicky23 wrote: do people have bad impression of russians? i have never heard of that before. i think generally they are nice. i have not met a russian before, but in my country we treat russians as friends, cos we two countries are next to each other and we are used to be in a very good relationship, we called the russia "old brother". in asia people don't like the japanese. they are the most notorious.      Actually the chinese people don't talk a lot about Russia these days, and the relationship between China and Russia seems not so close now than before, there's much less news about Russia in channels. The chinese people usually take a neutral opinion towards the Russians.      Japan, athough some(maybe many) chinese people dun like them, it's still the economically most powerful country in Asia, we had better learn some lessons from them of their economical rebuilding after the WWII than just hating them, the most of Japanese are smart and diligent people, we have to admit that. I hope the relationship between China and Japan will be better in the near future. Westlake Joined on Fri, Jan 26 2007 Singapore Junior Member 95 I like making friends!

	Ruslana  +  333043 Sun, 25 Feb 07 03:33 PM  Westlake wrote: Actually the chinese people don't talk a lot about Russia these days, and the relationship between China and Russia seems not so close now than before, there's much less news about Russia in channels. Less news - maybe. But less communications - hardly. Year of Russia in China Ruslana