Which makes me sad, I find their culture really interesting, and I would love to visit, meet them and have a drink, but because of exactly that I’m very hesitant to do so.
Most of Russian culture is “borrowed” from other cultures. If you visit Ukraine, Georgia and Kazakhstan, you’ll catch all that you fear you might be missing by not visiting the authoritarian hellhole.
Which makes me sad, I find their culture really interesting, and I would love to visit, meet them and have a drink, but because of exactly that I’m very hesitant to do so.
Most of Russian culture is “borrowed” from other cultures. If you visit Ukraine, Georgia and Kazakhstan, you’ll catch all that you fear you might be missing by not visiting the authoritarian hellhole.