Quote Originally Posted by Eric C. View Post
It's fast and easy to pick a country and be idealistic about it. It takes time to realize there's no such country anywhere.
Who said anything about idealism? I've been wanting to go to Russia since I was little and some of mom's friends are Russian. I get along better with Russians than I do with my other friends so why wouldn't I wanna be around more Russians?
Like I said in my last post, the problem that can't be fixed is that it's not just the government but it's the people too. I just get along better with Russians.
And yeah, moving to another country won't be easy. Even just moving to another state wasn't easy. So yeah, there's no such anything anywhere that's perfect. That's why I decided that the people trump the government. Cause even if things get bad, you still have someone to talk to.
Well, you can't say that our country isn't epic fail and epic face-palm right now. But things can happen and maybe it will be epic win someday. Would I still wanna go to Russia? Yes! Cause people would still be the same here and I would still get along better with Russians. And they have some epic houses for sale near Moskva!
Anyway, our country didn't explode when one of my friends moved to Japan or when two of my other friends moved to Brazil and Taiwan. So, it won't explode if I move to Russia.
Btw, I think the economy's getting better. I got a huge raise on my allowance and dad ordered new tires for my mountain bike!

Quote Originally Posted by 14Russian View Post
Both Berezovsky and Putin are traitors, though. Both were buddies for a while, also. But, some traitors become expendable? Maybe that's the key... and those are facts!!!!

Wow, this is pure comedy gold below!:
"Something else I really really like about Russia - No extraditions. ***Russia protects it's culture and it's citizens!***"

Explode?!? I think I'm gonna explode with laughter! Btw, you chose the wrong 'its.'
President Putin is NOT a traitor! If they were "buddies for a while" then that's probably cause Putin didn't know Berezovsky was a traitor.

1. The Russian Constitution forbids extraditing Russian citizens.
2. President Putin banned adoptions outside of Russia cause people were hurting and even killing Russian orphans.
3. Who rounded up all those migrant workers when just 1 Russian citizen was murdered?
4. Who put up travel advisories when the US was arresting Russian citizens in other countries?

And that's just a few things that happened. The Russian government does protect the people and the culture.

Anyway, nothing that's been posted has changed how I feel about Russia and Russians. It's an amazing place and it has an awesome space program too!