When I feel bold enough (and am able to speak comprehensively ) I will upload a video for you to "judge".
That would be great.

Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
What he is saying is definitely based on the standard textbook Russian. He's not using any of the "backwards" sounding phrases and expressions that are confusing to people who are not from a Slavic speaking country. I.e. sentences that seem like they start from the end... Also he is not using any colloquial speech or any of the "confusing" expressions that don't make sense in literal translation.... So he is making it rather easy for himself.
I didn't pay attention to that, I'll need to watch it again. But my overall impression was that he's Russian is not overly simplified or 'textbook' Russian, but rather 'ordinary', natural one. He got tired at the end, and made a bunch of serious grammar mistakes, but apart from that it was really impressive. I wish i could learn a language like that in a meager 1,5-3 years (he mentioned in one of his comment that he studied Russian actively only for 1,5 years, and then dropped it)

I believe that with proper motivation and dedication almost anyone can learn any language to near fluent level (the problem is that few people have either). There were articles about a Russian girl who won the first prize in a worldwide Chinese language competition. The punch line is that she studied Chinese only for 2 years (from scratch), and achieved a truly impressive level (Chinese representatives commented that she was close to a native speaker level) ! So... anything is possible.

Personally I am too unfocused and lose interest too fast to master any language, even though I really like foreign languages and have an inkling to learning them (when I tried, I progressed really fast, but.. I always failed because of lack of motivation.. Never moved past lesson 8 in a ny textbook ). I know English only because I studied it at school and kinda had no choice, and I know Ukrainian only because it's on TV all the time.. It is sad, really. So I admire people who learn Russian (or any other language) and who don't give up. Good luck, guys!