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Firstly, you can't know what the level of corruption in Russia is. You could estimate it. But based on what sources? On the Western ones. How accurate will your estimate be then? The West haven't even been able to accurately estimate the level of Russian economy. Meanwhile, the Russian economy has surpised the German's and has become the biggest in Europe. And it's just sliiiiightly below the one of Japan. And this has happened whilst Putin has been in power. Not bad, huh? Secondly, you don't speak russian, despite being russian. Or do you? I do and I read news and articles. Of course, they're corrupt and fakes ones, one might say, sent directly from Putin to my brain. If you read them in russian, and from the right sources, you'd be able to estimate how much of progress has been made in combating corruption, oligarchs and other kind of shit for the last decade and even for the last couple of years. You Leo, perhaps, are stuck in the year 2010 or so, in your assessments of the country. Has the US under consious and democratic, or so-called, Biden improved or gotten worse off for the last years? Especially the last 2. Economically and geo-politicly-wise. How about Europe? Moreover, the level of corruption in US and EU may be higher. Why? Because it takes place on the higher levels. What's lobbying of politicians if not official corruption? This exist in the US and EU and is official. I don't know much about this, though.

Don't fall into the trap of thinking that repeting Leo's words and phrases word by world makes you smarter. As if you knew what "Russia today is", to be able to claim "better". And yes, the little flu turned out to be little flu. As you can see, I've died from it 27 times already.

Naive, black and white thinking. First of all, who is it who gives the labels "this is a democrasy", "this is dictatorship"? When it's a pro-Western agency, guess what countries will be democrasies and what dictatorships? Thefore, one should pick other agency. Secondly, the two notions aren't binary. Thirdly, even if those classifications are correct, there're other types of freedoms in so-called non-democrasies, the ones that don't exist in democrasies. Remember, for instance, about apreheit in the most of "Western-European democrasies" (except Sweden), in Canada, US, UK, Australia that took place during the "little flu virus". One may not enter a cafe, bus or gym because he was in good heath. Absolutely tyranical, almost nazi-like countries.

Because people, when it comes to strong believes, want not the truth but any kind of information that reinforces them. How do I know? Because I'm also this way.

bloody Russell Brand, he'll always notice a lot of nuances, and speaks elequantly

A former US marine, about what US has been doing in Syria, whether it's been fighting ISIS or rather financing it

Rather from 2012 when Europe and US overthrown the current government in UA, as the 1st step -- which they even later on admitted themselves. And when, shortly after, NATO began to send weapons to UA soldiers and train them, preparing for a conflict that would take place in .... But the event of the 24th of February 2022, the TV in Europe and US claims, was a black swan. Tooooootally unexpected.

By the way, if you source your information from the Western media, you won't even find out that they - US and EU - themselves has been bypassing their own sanctions against Russia, as well as the oil price cap And yes --Putin will come to your house tomorrow and eat you alive. If not tomorrow, then after tomorrow.

You may think anything you so desire. The question is how much of wishfull thinking is it? For instance: How much of wishfull thinking have there been generated by US and EU mass-media and politicians for the last 2 years about Russia and Putin? And even about the importance and military, economic might of US and EU themselves. And how much of it have they gotten right? Perhaps, of all their predictions and claims, it'll amount to 1%. Namely, 99% - horseshit

May I use the logic that Europe and US would've used if a similar event took place in, let's say, Iran? Poor people of Texas! Look at them! They're so sick of the Biden's regime and his iron feast that they have no choise to defy his orders. Biden's order is a threat to the freedom of self-determination and self-expression. We, the democrasys of the world, should be on the side of the people of Texas. We should send weapons to them to help them to protect themselves and overthrow the Biden's regime. If they want to break out from the US, they must be allowed to do so. Biden's bloody dictatorship must fall!

Bingo! But the war broke out in 2014, actually. Yet for the same reason still.

Let me, as a non speaker, fix your American English: For example, Saudia Arabia was used to be infamous for not letting prohibiting the women to drive or and vote but they can do both now. But now(adays) they've been allowed to do both.

If a low birth rate in the Europe and partially US, Japan, Korea, hence aging population that almost isn't capable of working, thinking clearly and fastly, and doing other stuff, that requires constant attention in terms of care -- isn't a problem, why not have: * 1mln people in the US instead of 330 mln? * 100k instead of 125mln in Japan? * 10k instead of 0.5bln in Euro Zone? I'd be down for it if you yourself are. And as long as the other countries remain with a healthy birth rate. AI and Elon Musk will compensate for everything.

@An young being I may surprise you: in India there're 1.4 billion people. If they exist and are alive, they're able to. Even I was able to, during the little flu virus, for a year. And never fell sick there, never worn a muzzle, rarely washed hands, let alone with soap, ate with hands in public places.

What is this topic about? About a shitty TikTok video filmed in India? Which has made the OP conclude that India and the shitty TikTok video about it are the same thing? Hence the topic. The video which was deliberately filmed about an abnormal thing in India, otherwise why would one film it and upload onto TikTok in the first place? Masterpiece of idiocy and stupidity.

How does the freedom of speech work in the US, how well it does, if any topic related to Trump is a semi-taboo? It's a more sofisticated form of cencorship, isn't it? One may believe and talk about what he so desires as long as it's not too much in the support of Trump! Even on this forum. There's also contant support of Israel, and sentiment against China, Iran, Russia, Venezuela.... - against the countries that don't bow to US. They are't completely prohibited topics, but semi-so, aren't they? How's this compatible with freedom of speech? Or rather, with the claim that there's a great deal of freedom of speech in US.

What's more important, though, is don't get yourself to believe in your own propaganda and wishful thinking about Russia too much. @bebotalk The US and EU have been believing in their own propaganda for the 2 last years. As a result, they're now in crisis and resession, trying to bypass their own sanctions against Russia, bying the same russian oil and gas and other stuff but more expensively, are weaker geo-politically. And pouring money in the project Ukraine (which was supposed to break Russia and The Putin). And even admitting that this project - Ukraine - will fail no matter what. Russia will win. Whilst Russia has become stronger - both politically and economically, with more allies, better off internationally. With their own jets and fleet. And Putin - The Putin - as well. BRICS has gotten bigger, overtaken G7. Dollar has gotten weaker. Other than this.... there can be some people in Russia who envy the West. And there always will be.

You don't know what you're talking about. India, Brazil and Nigeria are certantly not experincing decline in population. Vice versa. China is, which is a result of "one famility - one child" policy back several dozens years ago. Europe is. Korea is, Japan is. US is at standstill, it seems The fact that Europe, US, Korea, Japan have advanced economies doesn't make them attractive for giving birth and raising children. So much so that it's the opposite. "Better health care -- less need for more children" -- meaning, in the past the woman would give birth to 10 children because 7-8 of them would die "along the way", whereas nowadays it's become so much better in terms of saving lifes that the woman would give birth only to 1-2 children? No need for more. Whatever it may be that you smoke it's too heavy for you.

Birthday rate on the West. And how to solve it.... Perhaps with more of that what the West already been encouraging - lgbt, gay, lesbians, one-sex marridges?

Russia looked at Europe with their Papa who became gay, with the their toxic, bitter and angry minorities, their middle-unknown-sex she/he/her/it/ello/оно/ and "God-knows-what", with - more importantly - their increasingly population extinction and aging... And decided to do that what will make itself better off. And as a result, for the russians. And Russia also has partially prohibited and restricted abortions. And it'll go further in this.

Why has Europe entered recession now then? Due to a sudden lack of creativity from the creative people? Or due to absense of cheap russian gas and oil? Remove all the gas, diesel, oil, manufacturing, food production, and imports from the US and Europe and let's see how well they'll function on pure creativity and knowledge, and for how many days they'll last. More accurately will be to say: one's creativity can also pay bills.

Biden now claims that "military aid to UA and IL will be good for the economy of US". https://responsiblestatecraft.org/biden-israel-ukraine-aid/ It used to be about "democrasy", "independence", "fight the evil", didn't it? What's changed? Or it can be that nothing has changed, though.

50 years ago there were sold-out doctors who used to claim that smoking was healthy, and nowadays it's the experts who, having also been paid, will manipulate the facts in the favour of their sponsors.

How do you know that it's "very few people"? And even in this case, shouldn't those few people be respected equally? Does the fact there they're "few" of them, make them less respectful? For gays and lgbt related shit - it doens't, it's opposite: the fewer of them, the less protected they're, the more they must become protected. Then following the logic of those in Europe and US, why shouldn't there a "horse-human" marriage then be legalized too analogously to the "gay" one? And the same will go for "father-daugther" sex and marrige. Not?