Thread: The views of Russians, according to the "Pew Institute". True or false?

Originally Posted by nulle

Do they miss soviet political/economic system, or do they miss "lost territories" too?

Yeah, the survey specifically mentioned that 0.023% of Russians would like to annex Latvia and force all Latvians to play the balalaika for 10 hours per day....

Plus, I could be wrong, but I think that people in some of the Central Asian countries would be rather pleased if Russians turned up with some oil money and some of the stuff they used to get during the Soviet days. Hospitals, new schools and housing etc. They are living on a couple of dollars a day there... They had it much better before, and based on the situation in Afghanistan or Pakistan they would not have been better off as independent during those years either.

I admit that I mostly said this to tease Nulle, but there might be some truth to it, at least if a BBC documentary that I saw is anything to go by.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Plus, I could be wrong, but I think that people in some of the Central Asian countries would be rather pleased if Russians turned up with some oil money and some of the stuff they used to get during the Soviet days. .

You hit the truth
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