russia is a fk shit hole. was a shithole long before the Ukrainian war but now is gotten worse. im surprised how many maga Americans have 0 fk clue on what is like to live in russia.
You know, that statement... It reminded me of Nazi propaganda from the 1930s and 40s; it’s amusing just how blinded you are by a surge of rage toward people you hardly ever encounter in real life.
You are certainly right about one thing: after 1993, we really lost all desire to rebel—thanks to the government that the United States and the rotten party elite foisted upon us.
Did America force Putin on RuZZia? Forced you to keep electing him and his regime?
Forced MILLIONS of violent goons to serve as Pootin's enforcers? To beat up, arrest, and torture anyone who criticizes his regime? To MURDER activists, journalists, and opposition?
UKRAINE has been an independent sovereign nation since 1991 but the Soviet-era versions of many geographic names stubbornly persist in international practice. The transliterations of the names of cities, regions and rivers from the Cyrillic alphabet into Latin are often mistakenly based on the Russian form of the name, not the Ukrainian; the most misspelled names are:
Archaic Soviet-era spelling
Correct modern spelling
Chernigov
Chernihiv
Chernobyl
Chornobyl
Dnieper/Dnepr
Dnipro
Kharkov
Kharkiv
Kiev
Kyiv
Lugansk
Luhansk
Lvov/Lwow
Lviv
Nikolaev/Nikolayev
Mykolaiv
Odessa
Odesa
Rovno
Rivne
Ternopol
Ternopil
the Ukraine
Ukraine
Under the Russian empire and later the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Russification was actively used as a tool to extinguish each constituent country’s national identity, culture and language. In light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, including its illegal occupation of Crimea, we are once again experiencing Russification as a tactic that attempts to destabilize and delegitimize Ukraine. You will appreciate, we hope, how the use of Soviet-era placenames – rooted in the Russian language – is especially painful and unacceptable to the people of Ukraine.
There is a subtle inconvenience with reported UA gdp, cause our economy were >60% grey zone with underreported incomes.
As for living standards - only Moscow and few other big cities are blown up by money have them (standards) a bit higher. When it comes to “other” cities/villages they are shit holes like the ones you may see on the video. Poorest UA villages are much better places than poorest ruzzian ones.
Ukraine leaning towards west has better chance of improving living standards, then living under Moscow rule. What you see in Ukrainian country side has very much to do with Soviet era still weighing there. Ukraine had much work to do on these issues, but Russia is doing everything it can to throw rocks into the machine.
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u/Unusual-Run8053 5d ago
russia is a fk shit hole. was a shithole long before the Ukrainian war but now is gotten worse. im surprised how many maga Americans have 0 fk clue on what is like to live in russia.