Seems like a load of bullshit to me tbh

Just started. First of all, Russia is *very* conservative. Of course it's good for fighting against progressives.

So we are up for a good start.

3:17 It's as western of consumerism as it gets. In cities. Rural areas still have the stuff he describes with a woman selling you stuff from behind the glass. Also you can find a shop like that in cities if you are really looking for it.

4:00 "They say Russia is just a big gas station with the military but it's much more than that" - yes and no. They had to "burn" stupid amounts of currency just to make sure Ruble doesn't tank even more. It got halved under sanctions and was predicted to drop to 25% of the original value.

7:40 Books. Not anymore. And apartments are still pretty small, for the most part.

9:30 Trans acceptance in Russia is basically dead. Just like acceptance of everything related to sex. Keep in mind that even in Russia one can legally change sex but only after surgery.

10:30 "Just keep children out of The Gay and you are fine" - yes and no. Authorities might overlook a heterosexual couple kissing on the street or charge them $10 if it's a really inappropriate place to do so. There is a history of that in the Moscow underground, for example. Mostly because it was physically dangerous to the kissers(too many moving parts and humans around).

But if you are gay you are going to fucking jail. For exposing kids to homo propaganda.

So you basically have to hide being gay from the public. And you can't have any gay activism. Anywhere. Because think about the children.

11:50 "Russia hates fascism" - WW2 is a country-defining event. So yes, I can safely say that all Russians with very few mentally deficient exceptions hate fascism. You can go to jail for offending religious people, being racist, owning forbidden literature or spewing gay propaganda though. Oh, and you can be fined for disrespecting authorities. This is not, like, FASCISM fascism, but you get the idea.

12:55 noone will bash your head in for holding hands with the person of the same sex. But you might get some whispers behind your back. Also, he is talking about big cities. In rural or even just less developed cities your risk of being beaten(men) or raped(women) increases to the point that it becomes a threat. Everythign depends on the exact community of course, but the trend is there.

It's a thing that two friends get drunk, one tries to suck the dick of his friend and gets brutally murdered for it. I know, like, two reported cases of that. Both from rural-ish areas. Maybe there are more.

13:48 "I think it's reasonable" - I don't think it's reasonable. Current laws do not allow the gay pride parade in suits. Not only do I think it should be allowed, I wanna see it.

15:00 "Russi did nuffin" - everyone hacks everyone's elections as much as they can. Russia did its best to not have a sitting Killary, that's a fact. I actually believe that the scope of the issue is blown out of proportion just to investigate Trump for 2 years and undermine him.

18:25 "As a journalist you understand that there are certain lines that you probably should not cross" - bwahahahahahahahaha

Didn't expect it to be said so openly.

This is brilliant.

20:00 "Conspiracy theories are fine on TV! EVERY SINGLE ONE" - except for holocaust denial, which is a felony for virtually no reason. Yaaay.

23:50 "All sympathy to the US vanished due to Iraq" - 100% true.

26:15 "Bad Poland didn't invite Russia" - okay, this is ridiculous. They didn't because Russia obliterated Poland.

31:38 "Reemergence of religion is a good thing to see" - it's not. People fight against churches being built. Mostly due to the retarded choice of location to build a church.

Also, there are too many.

36:47 "Black people directly from Africa" - most black people in Russia are from Africa, btw.

They get stared at.

37:26 "Racism definitely exists, I am not gonna argue that" - there was a youtube video where the black guy tells that he got picked on by the bus personell, something among the lines "should've stayed in Africa". If you are in a big city there is a big chance that the entire bus is gonna stand up for you. Which is exactly what happened.

38:37 "Russia is not gonna debate whether they should close the border".
$300 for the permit to work and to receive it you have to know how to speak Russian. Your minimal monthly tax as a foreigner is $80(or less, depending on the region) with the minimum wage of $240. Foreigners do not paricipate in a NHC system and can not get a morgage. You can work here for 20 years but you can't start the process of getting your citizenship without a place to live. And you **have to** own it.

Basically, our immigration system is not something you enjoy dealing with.

buncha fuckin commies

YEE YEE

Oh, and you have to rebuy the permit every year.

40:40 Women are doing fine. There is a minor hiring discrimination due to the fact that women are worse workers and higher risk on average.

The pregnancy leave laws are an ass to deal with. Basically, you have a worker who will return in 3 years, you **must** give them their job back, you can't fire them for no good reason and they will require an occasional leave to take care for their growing larva.

43:55 Mortgage. You get 13% of your apartment value back in tax cuts once in your life, but not more than $4,020.90. You get some cuts for having many kids. They don't pay your entire mortgage.

46:20 "It's the mirror opposite of the west" - it's not.

49:12 "Ten graaand!" It's a cost of a heart surgery in a good(by Russian standards, nothing spectacular) hospital. My granddad had it for "free" due to being a military officer, so we had to pay just around $2000.

50:25 "Picking mushrooms" - people do that. Mostly the older generation.

Most of the edible mushrooms feel like a boiled slug when you eat them, but that's still food, I guess.

Oh, and every single mushroom seems to have a poisonous counterpart.

The poisonous one on the left(tastes bad and damages the liver if you really insist on eating it), the good one on the right.