Thread 2839761

How is Russia like actually? Mostly for tourism but I guess living too

Moscow and Saint Petersburg are the only two places visiting for a foreigner. Everywhere else has equivalents in other countries that won't get you locked up in some Russian jail/prison for simply visiting.

Russia has never been a good place to explore truth be told, even before the current debacle.

Moscow is the only large European city that's filled with white people.

>>2839766
You have never been to Moscow

>>2839766
>here are those white people I was telling you about, bro

>>2839804
I wonder when Russian and Asian DNA split off from one another.
Also, those Russian River cruises look COMFY and I wish I could take one. But, I can't read cyrillic and I bet nothing is in English and it would just be a nightmare unless I was on a fully guided tour.

>>2839766
Russia is Eurasian, not European.
>>2839762
This is absolutely untrue, and you know it. Lake Baikal (the world's deepest lake) has no equivalents. There is no Siberian Railway anywhere else on Earth. In the 1990s there were direct flights from Seattle to Vladivostok for a short time, then some spat erupted and they were terminated - never to return.

Just look at this coastal terrain map. Look at the route of that highway, from the river to the sound (which leads south into the Sea of Japan).

450 km north of Sapporo, Japan
Imagine if you could continue on north to Sakhalin Island and then flight-up out to Kamchatskiy (another 2200 km) for some exploring in the warm summer drizzle. Everything a third the price of Canada or Alaska.

As an American I think Russia would be the #1 country on my travel list were it not for the political difficulties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iOATELR2wk

>>2839806
>when
Aleady happening. Demographics are destiny, and the Russian government is fully aware of this.

>>2839858
>Lake Baikal (the world's deepest lake) has no equivalents.
There absolutely are. It's just a big ass lake in a moderately scenic setting. Any major lake in Switzerland blows it ouf of the (heh) water. If it's about the size, there's plenty of large lakes in North America with similar scenery.

>There is no Siberian Railway anywhere else on Earth.
Boring slog through monotonous environments that is fetishized as some kind of huge fucking adventure by a few Western aspies. No Russian would ever consider riding that entire thing from start to finish, for good reason.

If those two examples are the best you can come up with, it's looking REALLY grim for Russia.

>>2839762
>Everywhere else has equivalents in other countries
What a stupid thing to say. Might as well just stay in NYC, Paris, and Tokyo only, since every other city in the world is just a variation of those.

>>2839886
By all means, wander into some small town and start speaking some half broken Russian. I'm sure they'll love you while being interrogated in some shitty police station only to sign a piece of paper being told it's your release, when it's actually an admission of guilt.

And don't get me wrong, it has beautiful parts but is it worth dealing with their own flair of police state? Russia has changed for foreigners.

>>2839806
Stfu idiot

>>2839858
Russia is European.

>>2839766
https://youtu.be/1e6mh9aHQSg?si=P-QGM4Bv67-bqCPs

Russian Chinese border

Russia is fucked even for tourism since cards don’t work, very few speak english and if they do it’s broken as hell and the police if they hear you speaking english will question you and possibly detain you. That’s if they don’t detain you at the airport to begin with. It’s a fucking dump