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| paparaciii Diglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 6336 days ago 204 posts - 223 votes  Speaks: Latvian*, Russian Studies: English | Message 82 of 110 29 March 2009 at 9:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
And you are talking about AREA OF TESHIN, lol! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| SII Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5792 days ago 184 posts - 194 votes Speaks: Russian* Studies: English | Message 83 of 110 30 March 2009 at 12:09am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, I'm talking and I will talk about annexion of Teshin and other crimes committed by Poland (and by other countries, of course). Or you think that when Poland (or any other country except Russia) does such things this is normal (or bad but very little bad), but when Russia acts similarly this is very bad? IMHO, if you condemn Russia for annexion of Baltic countries and demand apologies, you must do this and in relation to Poland for annexion of Teshin in 1938, capturing of West Belarus and West Ukraine after crash of Russian Empire etc, and in relation to other countries which did similar things. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| paparaciii Diglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 6336 days ago 204 posts - 223 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian Studies: English | Message 84 of 110 30 March 2009 at 11:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
When I mentioned that Russia annexed half of the Eastern Europe it was because of direct relation to MY country. But Teshin has nothing to do with YOUR country. And, btw, your logic is as absurd as it can be. The fact that other countries commit crimes doesn't give your country the legitimacy to do the same simply because if we would follow that way of thinking then, if Hitler was still alive, he could say 'F**k off you all! Libya attacked Chad in 1978. So I'm not that bad, everybody likes to fight!' I've noticed this tendency by Russian politicians to start immediately talking about British/French/Spanish/whatever colonialism when the subject comes to Russia's nasty devilries against its neighboring countries. Edited by paparaciii on 30 March 2009 at 11:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| QiuJP Triglot Senior Member Singapore Joined 5855 days ago 428 posts - 597 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Czech, GermanB1, Russian, Japanese | Message 85 of 110 14 April 2009 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I think this thread is getting out of context......let's move back to the main topic...
I am planning to go to Russia this summer for immersion, as well as visit my distant relative who lives there, but I have never seen him before. Is it safe for me to go there (alone), given that the economy is still bad and there has been increasing blashing against foregniers? I certainly hope that with a closing ties between Russia and China, this negative effect would be smaller for me. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| SII Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5792 days ago 184 posts - 194 votes Speaks: Russian* Studies: English | Message 86 of 110 15 April 2009 at 10:46am | IP Logged | |||||
QiuJP
In Russia very many Asian-like people including Chinese. Of course, hardships are possible (the freaks are in all countries), but it is more chance what your airplane will crash than what you will be striked as foregnier :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| leonidus Triglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 6326 days ago 113 posts - 123 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, French Studies: German, Mandarin | Message 87 of 110 15 April 2009 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
If it's a big city, you should be safe, of course use of common sense when picking people you talk to is required. In smaller towns you may have more interest to you, as people don't see many foreigners there and are naturally curious, which could be dangerous. So if you plan to travel to smaller towns, better have a native to accompany you. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5832 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 88 of 110 15 April 2009 at 12:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In 2003 I did a short Summer course in Moscow. One of the students was from Thailand. She had been studying there since the previous September and felt very insecure about walking around the city alone for fear of racist attacks. My teacher asked me to accompany her so she could see some of the sights as she had done very little sightseeing in the 10 months she had already been there. She had been attending class then returning to the student hostel and not venturing anywhere else. Most of her friends were other Asian students, some of whom had had bad experiences but I can't remember any specific details. It's hard for me to say if her paranoia was justified, not being Asian myself. But she was intending to do a post-grad course in Moscow and I don't know how she could continue to live like that for another 3 years or so.
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