Thread: Russian millionaires and show off (?)

Originally Posted by Antonio1986

BBC News - Russia's Usmanov to give back Watson's auctioned Nobel medal

As Russians what you think that are the intentions of this guy?

"We Russians respect our scientists and awards them ... and you Americans just ignore them and force them to sell even their Nobel Prizes?"
Perhaps something like this?

I agree with Redfox. As the saying goes, восток дело тонкое…

He might have waken up with a headache and indulged into thinking the world should be a better place to live in and off the top of his bald head decided to contribute to charity. Who knows. You see, even billionaires sometimes have random sentimental thoughts. In fact, given the political situation his actions do look like a grave mistake. You may know that Russian science is still underfunded, salaries are generally not that high … and under the circumstances to squander millions to an American... Can you imagine what might happen should our beloved leader learn about this particular blunder? I bet you can.