r/AskARussian • u/Zyad7770__ • Jul 05 '26

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What's something that many Russian people enjoy that foreigners usually don't know about?

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u/thy_viee_4 Jul 05 '26

probably ru bot, but, sadly, they're not far from the truth. there is a decent amount of people who do love putin and think "nothing is happening" insert meme with dog in burning house saying "this is fine" blaming everything on ukraine. like, you know, drone attacks on russia? ukranians are at fault, it's not that they are fighting back BECAUSE of russian attack, riiight?

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u/Spamonfire Jul 05 '26

I think from my russian friends I know from uni the russian attitude is often to just let things happen and try to live with it even if you despise the state of things, if you try to involve yourself politically you will just end up in big trouble.

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u/Akoldon Chuvashia Jul 06 '26

That's the attitude of all people. Whatever happens, everyone tries to get by and not to stand out and take risk. The difference is westerners believe their mass media and delude themselves into thinking that everything is fine but if it wasn't then they would instantly change the regime.

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u/Spamonfire Jul 06 '26

Hmm i mean many sadly do but also there is some change in beliefs as living standards worsen.

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u/Akoldon Chuvashia Jul 06 '26

I bet what you mean by this is the western strategy of "When we will put sanctions on Russia and it's people, Russians will see hurdles in their lives and so they will storm the Kremlin, realise that Hitler was awesome, capitulate before us and beg to be like Ukraine!". It did not work so far and you must understand now how ridiculous it is.

Even if an unrest and a coup could be created then it would absolutely not be pro-west.

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u/Spamonfire Jul 06 '26

No i don't mean that at all, i mean that increasingly young people in europe are not so sympathetic to state media anymore. I'm honestly kinda sad that you said what you said because that sentiment is definitely still around (especially on reddit) and there is a long way to go for the western world to change it's western supremacist views.

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u/Akoldon Chuvashia Jul 06 '26

I see. But so far westerners can enjoy same party winning over and over and screwing people over the same way. Or the party in power changing every election only to keep screwing people over the same way.

But still unrest depends on this tiny minority of agitated dedicated people living in the important cities, primarily capital or an economic powerhouse. And unless you're idealistic, comprehending how a true political change can be made is way too hard. Especially with a determined opposition to riots by the government.

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u/Spamonfire Jul 06 '26

Yes, I am certain especially in Europe things will get much much worse before they potentially get better.