Quote Originally Posted by Lampada
Quote Originally Posted by laxxy
...Yet another issue is a particular (slight) accent, found in some old expatriate communities in the US (usually in older ppl who left, say, before 1985 and their American-born descendants). These people are mostly Jewish, and probably had the accent even back home.

And of course all expatriates mix the English words and Russian grammar a lot
Quote Originally Posted by laxxy
... But you could hear this (or similar, I was a child then and can not be 100% confident) accent in Kiev 20 years ago. So I doubt it is just English influence.
I believe that you are wrong making this generalization. I did notice, though, that most teenagers from Russian families speak Russian with an annoying accent.
OK, I may be jumping to conclusions. It may be just English influence.
But the people who I am thinking about are not teenagers. They, however, typically are people who came to the US in the 70s and early 80s (or their family members). I do not normally see any similar accent in those who came in the 90's or later. And these groups are demographically distinct.