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

It raised the living standard of millions of people and gave them access to good education, free healthcare and a secure job.

That might be true for most of Russia and Central-Asia.
But not for occupied Baltic states - where occupation lowered living standards.

Originally Posted by nulle

That might be true for most of Russia and Central-Asia.
But not for occupied Baltic states - where occupation lowered living standards.

Означает ли это, что Россия и азиатские страны были что называется паразитами на теле Латвии и повысили свой уровень жизни за её счёт?

Originally Posted by nulle

That might be true for most of Russia and Central-Asia.
But not for occupied Baltic states - where occupation lowered living standards.

Yeah, everyone knows that there was a paradise on Earth in Baltic states before 1940. I'm sure Baltic media tried very hard in 1990s to 'prove' that.

Originally Posted by Ramil

Yeah, everyone knows that there was a paradise on Earth in Baltic states before 1940. I'm sure Baltic media tried very hard in 1990s to 'prove' that.

Maybe lowering here does not necessarily imply absolute lowering, but something like preventing them from rising to the enough level?