Hello im from Russia you can ask me anything i will answer your questions honestly or not answering at all. Im a young guy from middle-sized city and i can proceed you some information from my life. I just wanna communicate with some foreigners so i choosed this site

>from Russia>
>has Netherlands flag>

yea sure bud

>>22839204
That's because i use VPN service to have an access to 4chan. A lot of internet sites are restricted in Russia. 4chan is not banned but we are still have some problems accessing it. I see you have same Netherlands flag as me. Probably you are just kidding and you are from Russia and use VPN too :)

>>22839129 (OP)
Why would you think you have something useful to say though? Your line of thinking will be just be that 'Putin is bad but the general status quo of Russia needs to be maintained for general stability because regime change could cause catastrophe.' All the while Russia IS currently causing catastrophe and turning into a white North Korea. At this trajectory your country will make the great internet firewall of Russia.

>>22839129 (OP)
I have a feeling you are the Dutch schizo. Do you disavow Mark Rutte?

>>22839272
No, I'm not the Dutch schizo. Whatever that means...
If you want to know my opinion about Rutte so there is not much I can say. This is not a Russian politician, I don't know much about him. The only thing I know is that he thinks that Russia is a threat to NATO and the EU. I'm not happy about that. But I think I understand why he says that. But I have another question - are the Dutches really so active on this site? Do they often discuss Mark Rutte?

>>22839267
I am glad that people from abroad can understand our problems. I am grateful to you for focusing on what is happening inside of Russia and not outside. So I'm here to entertain myself and you. So i will gladly answer to your questions about my life, maybe about some laws and restrictions in my country. I am ready to all types of questions, political or not - i am ready for all

>>22839129 (OP)
Oh and if there are some Russians from other countries i will talk with you with pleasure

>>22839325
You didnt answer the question.

>>22839385
I dont think i have something useful to say, I think i can say something interesting for thoose who are interested in Russia, Maybe some facts if you ask me, maybe some cultural features or household questions, Oh and i will like to tell something about russian memes or something like this

>>22839215
>VPN service to have an access to 4chan. A lot of internet sites are restricted in Russia.
???
Nigga stop LARPing

>>22839476
Hy нe знaю чeл, y мeня фoчaн peaльнo дecять минyт гpyзилcя бeз впн. Я пcихaнyл и впн пoдpyбил и вcё нopмaльнo cтaлo

>>22839129 (OP)
Why aren't more Russians pissed / embarassed about being controlled by a kleptocratic tyrant.
On a similar note when you meet up with the boys to hit a pub do you vote on where to go or does the shortest just decide for all of you?

>>22839529
Hello! I think it's a complicated question. Firstly i need to say that a lot of people in Russia don't support our current government. Personaly i have several friends who have already left Russia because of the regime. So, about your question - in Russia there are many people who remember the end of last century. It was bad time for our country. People were hungry and suffered from high level of crime. After Putin come these problems start slowly go away. And Putin looked good if you compare with our previous president. I think people still happy that they don't need be hungry anymore. People just start live better when Putin started his presidency, so they love him. And I think that Russian people always looking for some kind of Tsar, maybe it's our tradition. And Putin is really fit for this role. I can tell you more about this If you interested.

>>22839529
haha i think that the higest will decide for all of us if we talk about a pub. I don't know why this rule doesn't work at the level of the president

>>22839569
You just come from such an awesome amazing country. I love dostoevsky, tolstoy, and Gagarin. Such a shame watching a litteral gangster ruin all good will, worse that 80% vote for him. Even worse knowing that in some alternate reality where Lenin honored the election you guys are some Super Power.

FRAGMENT LVI — THE DUTCH INVOCATION

Somewhere in the Hague, Mark scrolled. Not out of boredom, but reconnaissance.

The thread was thick with the usual—VPN denial, Baltic suspicion, and performative melancholy. But then he saw it. One user, wounded by reality, claimed Russia was “turning into a white North Korea.”

Mark blinked. A long silence. Then:

“Russia. White,” he muttered. “That’s two lies and a cry for help.”

He scrolled down further—past the tangle of excuses and linguistic clumsiness—until he found it.

A Russian boy, mid-sized city, wide-eyed with Wi-Fi.
He had written a full paragraph about Mark Rutte. Or rather, about not knowing anything about Mark Rutte. He ended, bewildered: “Are the Dutches really so active on this site?”

Mark grinned. Slowly. Professionally.

He turned to his aide.

“Prepare a response. It should be gentle, like a drone strike.”

Then, to the press:

“Let me help our confused friend,” Mark began. “First: we are not ‘the Dutches.’ We are Dutch. Singular in grammar, plural in consequence.”

He took a breath.

“And yes—we are active.
Not in comment threads.
In geopolitics.
You come here for curiosity.
We come bearing precision weaponry and structurally sound bridges.”

He adjusted his sleeve.

“You don’t need to know who I am.
You already feel it.”

He paused.

“As for ‘white North Korea’? Please.
North Korea at least has discipline.”

>>22839611
thank you! i am not sure about the election of Lenin. What did you mean? Are you talking about russian revolution in the begining of 20th century? It's amazing how involved you are in our history. But i am sorry if you want to find in me a marxist or leninist, i am not. But i know some people who love Lenin and communism. These ideas are widespread in Russia

>>22839129 (OP)
What's your name?

>>22839623
I am impressed... Did you write it yourself? Or is there some kind of template? You have really good skills of writing. And thank you - i will remember the correct form of "Dutch"

>>22839635
My name is Vladislav, or Vlad shortly

>>22839639
Nice, Vlad.

>>22839643
Thanks! If you have questions you can ask! I think I will be active for a few more hours, and after that want to periodically enter this thread until I realize that no one else is writing here. So if you want to ask a question tomorrow or even later you can be sure to write!

>>22839654
Okay, I'll keep that in mind.

>>22839623
Russia operates with strong white centric, ethnonationalist tendencies, especially in how it elevates ethnic Russians above other groups and uses state power to suppress competing identities. In practice, Russia prioritizes and preserves the dominance of white, Slavic, Orthodox Russian identity which puts it closer to an ethno state in substance, if not in law.

>>22839623
So white North Korea would be accurate.

>>22839945
I can't agree with you. The point is that in nowadays Russia very much attention is payed to national minorities. If you will be in Russian city, you will see posters about the current War. On these posters will be names of soldiers. So very often it is names of people who not belong to Russian ethnos. And in Russia now is few millions migrants from Asia countries. In Russian constitution it is writed that here live multinational people. So I cant call Russia like strong white centric state

>>22839971
Russia wants multiethnicity because it literally needs it for manpower on the frontlines. It also helps get rid of the less desirables. Surely you must be aware of this?

>>22839990
From my perspective this seems differently. Multiethnicity appeared in Russia long before the war. Moreover - absolute majority of soldiers are ethnic Russians. And almost all migrants not go to war. They get passport and live how they want, or not get passport and live illegal. Also very important to know, that ethnic Russians in Russia can have less rights than other peoples. Ethnic Russians have no diaspora in Russia. Other peoples have, and they use diasporas to escape criminal punishment. Government in Russia not fight with diasporas in any way. Yes, there is a war, and a few minorities are dying in it. But there are only more foreigners from Asia in my city.

>>22839129 (OP)
do Russians really believe all of the regime propaganda (eg Ukraine is run by nazis, whatever) or do they know it's propoganda

>>22840023
I hope they don't actually belive that or else they are cooked

>>22840023
It depends on age of person. The more young is person, the less chance he will believe to Russian propaganda. Many old people really think in categories nazi / not nazi. It is because of cult of victory in Second World War. In Russia we call this war "Great Patriotic War". Government often make parallels between other countries and Third Reich. This work quite good. In my circle there is people who understand that they under propaganda. But they think it is right. Many of them find some way to explain or excuse what is happening.

>>22840022
Multiethnicity existed in Russia long before the war, the Kremlin has weaponized it strategically. Ethnic minorities from poor, remote regions like Buryatia, Dagestan, and Tuva are disproportionately recruited and killed, not by accident but because they’re seen as expendable. Claims that most soldiers are ethnic Russians ignore this uneven sacrifice. As for diasporas and crime, that’s a separate issue used to deflect from the state’s exploitation of minorities on the battlefield. The presence of more Asian migrants in cities doesn’t erase this imbalance it shows how ethnic Russians are shielded.

>>22840078
ok. my other question is, what happens in this area of Russia? what is life like there?

>>22839631
Im very happy you are not a tankie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Russian_Constituent_Assembly_election

>>22840093
That's a good question. If you look on this map, you will see that in the west of Russia there are many regions, but in the east — not so many. It is because in the eastern part of Russia live not so much people. But in this eastern part (let's call "eastern part" all what you drawed), there are still big cities. For example, Irkutsk — it's near Mongolia, or Khabarovsk and Vladivostok — they are near China and North Korea.

The problem is that young people from these cities always want to move to Moscow or St. Petersburg. They think they have no future in eastern part of Russia. In some way, they are right. But it's possible to live good in these cities, even with terrible climate — it's cold and there are sea winds. But it's very beautiful there!

In eastern Russia there are many places where no people live at all. If one day you want to hide from the government, it's best place to do it. And in this part of the country live many small native peoples of Russia. They belong to Finno-Ugric group and speak their own languages. They live almost same as 1000 years ago. I talked to some of them. But every year more of them come to the cities. fun fact - some of these small native peoples are relatives with Hungary people

There is one place I dream to visit. It's to the right of the Sea of Okhotsk on your map. It's called Kamchatka. There are many volcanos and other interesting things. So, people from western part of Russia often go to eastern part for tourism. Local people want to move out from eastern. Life there is not very comfortable.

Also I want to say that Russia has many time zones. When it's morning in Moscow, in Vladivostok it's already night. It's not very convenient :)

>>22840146
lol I understand the concept of siberia, I know lots about Russian geography (and geography in general) because i'm autistic.
I'm from Washington state in the USA, sometimes I fantasize about stealing a boat and sailing to the shores of Chukotka to live in the wilderness away from technology. The USA is a big country but still there are roads and towns everywhere, it would be hard to do this here, but parts of Russia are totally empty. But I know that's a stupid idea.

>>22840116
Oh, I saw this term before in English-speaking internet. In Russia almost nobody use it. We have many other insulting words for communists. Communists, however, also invent many terms to call their ideological enemies. I always found it interesting to watch this. Communists are often called "krasnopuzie" in Russia. It means like "red-bellies" — people who have red stomach. Communists sometimes call their opponents “buncrunchers” — people who romanticize the Russian Empire and dream about “crunching French bread,” like in some naive patriotic poem.

I understand what elections you talk about. I'm glad you know about it. I don't know very well about this, but I plan to study history of my country more in future.

>>22840164
Probably you know about Russian geography more than me. It's amazing! I once heard that roads in America are five times longer than in Russia! I don't sure that there are some tours in Russia to Chukotka for American sitizens. But i think it would be cool

And almost 10 years ago i was in the USA. I was in LA, New Vegas, Sacramento and Washington too, I really liked America

>>22840186
Sorry for "New Vegas". I'm just playing this game now and that's why I made a mistake)