This might give some insight

How the hell did all this happen? I’m usually a pretty skeptic person that doesn’t jump on the “grass was greener in my childhood” bandwagon, but jesus fuck! I just scrambled to get my life together (read: fixed all my teeth) after terrible childhood in dissolving Soviet union, awful penniless 90s and that ugly fuck…

The creator of Black Mirror might be onto something.

May I suggest reading also “Crowds and Power” by Elias Canetti. It is quite angry, beautifully written and layperson–friendly. This reminds me of what we’re seeing now:

Thank you. I’m quite familiar with terrible history Armenians had to endure, I just had an impression Kim K was pretty much removed from everything non-glamourous. So glad I was wrong.

Oh, absolutely.

And to think that – of all the people! – Kim K still has her own mind on the topic and uses her platform to speak it. What interesting times we live in.

Sorry, mate, I don’t drink. What I do, however, is deal with ruskie bullshit every day.

I’d like to say you are very welcome in the good ol’ continental (and you are!) but who knows which country is about to lose its shit next? Also we in the Baltics are expecting Ukraine scenario repeating here. These are some damn interesting times...

I’ve been reading about flag desecration all day (EU member citizen here), planning on a protest video that might get me 1) assaulted, 2) criminally prosecuted, even though my country’s laws don’t specify use of foreign flags.

So has Sir John Hurt. :( Gonna watch V for Vendetta tonight.

At this point I figure even war is better than this neverending bullshit. Even though my little country will be raped, burnt and swept empty by Pootin’s army.

Oh puh-lease. Some undeniably genious people don’t justify the atrocious mass of the rest. Don’t forget Prokofiev, Tarkovsky, Shostakovich and many others were persecuted by this “culture” you so fondly defend.

Yeah, mix in parents slapping their kids, and you’ve got a recipe for a terrible nation. This has been going on for centuries, and never stops.

Can she be sentenced to death?

What exactly is unclear?

While women are mostly the ones to be beaten up in this relationship model, there are numerous cases when pissed-off women beat, stab and generally murder their husbands. There’s also this never-dying joke of a mad wife who awaits her late and drunk husband with a pan or a dough roll, implying the husband will receive…

No, it didn’t, indeed. There’s another one popular that is used by mothers to discipline their children – “I gave birth to you, I’m the one who’s gonna kill you [if necessary]”. So.. yeah.

As it was already pointed out to me, “primitive” is a colonialist term which I used unnecessarily. I refrain to do that in the future. Uncivilised and savage have the same ring to them. Perhaps “inhuman” can be applied in russian case? I dunno. Trying to find a better word.

I’m sorry if I came off as offensive to other cultures, I didn’t mean to. English is my 3rd language, so my wording can be less than precise. I see now how that can seem colonialist, let me assure you I intended only to bitch about rooskies. I’ll work on my insults!