too bad Poland can't be as thoughtfull and generous as Russia... lol
Call me sheltered, is Russia really like this artical say's?
31/01/2008 | Moscow News,№04 2008
Stervis: Service Moscow-style
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It is only after having had my head bitten off at a London bus stop for simply humming an innocuous little tune that I realized how unusual such a show of plain unprovoked rudeness is in the West.
This is when the complete absurdity of the situation finally struck me. Where was the "customer is always right" attitude in all this?
mnweekly.ru/local/20080131/55306968.html
I found this interesting it seems Pres. Putin may not see verbal threats with missiles as being very important? Maybe with better communication skills Russia could go far.
In answer to a question by a reporter from Fox News on Russia's plans to aim nuclear missiles on Ukraine if it joins NATO:
"We actually don't intend to aim anything at anyone without the utmost necessity. Look what is happening. I think that there are certain colleagues in this room that will return to questions of democracy, freedom, and so on. Democracy is a universal concept, it cannot be local. In one place the principles of democracy change, in another place they are forgotten. If a country considers itself democratic, then in spirit and in meaning it should be such in all of its endeavors - both domestically and on the international arena.
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Is this the true reason? If yes then it's fantastic. It speaks to the magnitude of my mistrust in Russia's goals when settting up an office in Russia and reading up on case history would serve this purpose. Maybe it's due to lack of honesty and past lines drawn due to spy issues. Hopefully I am wrong and this will make for a closer relationship.
Russian Think Tank to Open in Paris, New York
"We're interested in questions of the rights and freedoms of citizens, security, migration problems, inter-ethnic issues and other issues," Kucherena said at a press conference in Moscow.
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