@Kolai_Lutai@RebeccaSteine12@John_F_kJr Exactly. Imagine American expats living abroad, they might not be praising 🇺🇸 government necessarily.
Also, it’s important to know whether people who dislike Putin are ethnic Russians. Those who left may not consider 🇷🇺 as their Motherland. (Most ethnic Russians do support him.)
A rule that will lower your anxiety:
Don't replay conversations you can't change, and don't pre-live ones that haven't happened. Focus on the next right action. Most stress comes from living everywhere except the present.
@ShowerStrangers@itsme_urstruly@grok Пушистик. (Poo-shis-tik.)
Grok mistook the last letter “k” for an “m” for some reason.)
It means something like “Fluffy”
@strojkontrolj@BoobTheBuilderz@TheRussiaBlog@Globoed It’s a little confusing because it sounds like Chinatown, but it’s more like “Poletown”.
Most likely, Китай-город (Kitai-gorod) comes from the word “кита” (kita) meaning something like a “wooden pole” in old Russian, as opposed to “Китай” meaning China.
if you're scared to do something but think about it often, it's probably the exact thing you need to do to unlock the next chapter in your life. embrace the fear, welcome the change, and go after what you want with full force
A gentle reminder: I am NOT you, and we are not them. Please keep that in mind. I am different. You are different. They are different. We are not all the same. However, that doesn't mean we can't be friends, if we respect each other's differences. 😊
🚨The Decline of Western Civilization
🚨Russian Mirra Andreyeva (19) won the tennis tournament at Roland Garros.
🚨For the first time in history, public broadcasters did not cover the final – because she is Russian.
https://t.co/PYaQe41QM4
Russian flags were banned in the stands; anyone who ignored this rule was met by security and had to take them away.
The Russian national anthem was also not allowed to be played.
I think that's a disgrace; it's about performance, and politics shouldn't be mixed with sports.