my first question is how many people from these two countries speak fluently russian. is it still like 100 percent and what do you think it will be in fifty years? are both countries totally bilingual and will they remain the same?

i heard that a fair amount of ukrainians don't really speak ukrainian (in galicia if i remember correctly) but only russian. is that right? what about kyiv?
i know a group of people from the ukraine here in paris and i swear they speak russian together, not ukrainian. they know the language, of course, but they told me they never use ukrainian within the family or friends circle. for them, it is only an administrative language.

a lot of russian people are saying that bielorussian is russian with an accent and ukrainian is russian with grammatical mistakes (the second part being more of a bad joke). i heard that quite a few times when i was in russia. what do you all think (i'm asking that to people from the three countries)?


ps: i'd love to visit the ukraine and belarus but i need a fucking visa for each country. aaarrgggghhhh. visas are so expensive and only odnokratnie!