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KurtHectic · 3206 days ago · link · · parent · post: #russiabyforeigners: non-Russians of Hubski, tell us what you think of Russia!
Disappointment, summarises the feeling. A country so full of unique perspectives, amazing engineers, thoughtful writers, hasn't made the huge positive impact on the world I think we in Europe all hoped for when the soviet order started to collapse. Instead it has crept back into itself and reverted to a statist controlled Orwellian bloc. I have watched several hours of RT here in Europe out of curiosity and the double-speak and message control in many of the controversial stories is chilling as well as the total lack of mainstream press critique of government. I think the core of it is Russia's leadership sees international diplomacy as a zero-sum game, rather than forums to find win-win solutions.