The favourite schtick among Russophobes is to present Russia as shit. š© A variation of this is the meme about Russians shitting in the hole. Also the stereotype of Russians as alcoholics. But these my friends are usually images that describe a reality of some 20, 30, even 40 years ago. Similarly, if you point out widespread radical nationalism in Ukraine, there is always some NAFO smart ass pointing out there are Nazis in Russia. And usually this is accompanied by some 25 year old photographs from Russkiy Marsh.
Little do the NAFO cretins realise that most of these Russians Nazis have had to emigrate to Ukraine, where many of them serve in armed forces. Similarly, more Ukrainians shit in the hole than Russians. And many of these shitty places in Russia have been getting a face lift in the past two decades of Putinās rule. Ever wondered why Putin is this popular?
Below are videos that show the transformation of Russian cities. Starting with Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan.
Then the Siberian metropolis, Novosibirsk.
Below is Yushkar-Ola, the capital of Mari-El. What is interesting is they built the embankment buildings in the Russian Revival, a historicist style common to the late Tsarist period.
Has anyone seen these memes online?
One might dismiss the above as propaganda, and say these are large cities, in wealthy parts of Russia, like Tatarstan, and there still are much shittier places out there in Russia. Sure but think of it this way, Murica also has Detroit.
Also, there are people that have a channels about life in New Russia, that is former Ukraine.
Give the kid above a sub, he delivers interesting and informative videos, I might have mentioned him before on this blog. I just canāt remember where.
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