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A major cultural foe/competitor)))) ( And sometimes not only "cultural" foe in the light of latest decade.)
Actually Russian Writers, Composers and Culture are admired in the UK.
The video below is Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, No 13 Dance of the Knights - London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) Conducted by Russian LSO Conductor Valery Gergiev.
Whilst Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski the son of Mikhail Jurowski, and grandson of Soviet film music composer Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski was conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra for a numer of years. The Royal Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet also have a close working relationship.
Politically it seems little more than an annoying tool of the US. Russian people seem to show the same respect for English citizens/people as any other. Russians do like Americans and Brits as people but our nutjob politicians seem to get little respect as should be the case, extremists in both societies are what cause the problems. Not the normal people.
Interesting. What veggies do you eat raw in Russia that you'd never touch in the US?
Carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, beets and the seasonal fruits mostly. Most veggies I would eat raw and even craved at times.
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Who can afford to eat at restaurants on a regular basis?
I had PD (Per diem $40) that the boss paid and I also had access to the cafeteria at Ismailova rail yards when I was there. Otherwise I fended for myself and I was never far from a metro station and their little food kiosks during work times.
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I've never seen a train station that had a restaurant in it.
Smolensk train station had a small restaurant on the northwest side of the building on the platform. There was a smaller café inside that served coffee ect. Almost every train station had something.
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Chicken legs? Chicken legs in Russia are notorious (among Russians) for being boney and tough. For years, they important chickens from the US, that were extremely popular. Then Putin came into power, and waged a propaganda campaign against American chickens, lol. Maybe by the time you came along, they'd figured out how to grow meaty, succulent chickens.
I think it was local but I was impressed. None of that Tyson concentration camp chicken.
Who is the mortal enemy of Russia? Germany or Poland?
Prolly Germany. Some scars are not easily covered. My ex wife did not care for Germans as half her family died in the war.
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Chicken legs? Chicken legs in Russia are notorious (among Russians) for being boney and tough. For years, they important chickens from the US, that were extremely popular. Then Putin came into power, and waged a propaganda campaign against American chickens, lol. Maybe by the time you came along, they'd figured out how to grow meaty, succulent chickens.
