We are perceived as a country of balalaika, vodka, bears. Thank God we have such symbols. We did not invent them, it comes from life. Balalaika and vodka are a sign of fun and kindness, and bears are a sign of respect for nature. Our western partners play along with the cave instincts of the Ukrainian authorities, I just feel sorry for them. If the CIA believes that Kabul will fall in a few months, then we rely on the CIA’s estimates. Crimea is the territory of Russia and is part of the Union State together with our Belarusian friends . In every joke there is a grain of a joke, but you cannot plant for jokes . I cannot comment in the dark, show this joke. My favorite dish is borscht. In summer I love Altai. In the United States, Indians live on reservations, and bears in Russia walk across the country.
This is a rough retelling of Sergei Lavrov’s speech at the Tavrida art cluster in Crimea, based on media reports ( one , two , three , four , five , six , seven ). First-person phrases are not necessarily accurate quotes.
(c)MEDUZA 2021

Sad that the air in the once charming town of Sudak is being polluted by a poisonous toad.
Yeah it’s being poisoned by verbal diarrhea too. The Kremlin toilet paper manufacturer released this article full of crap today.
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?SEO=russia-stresses-sovereignty-over-crimea-amid-ukraines-questioning&id=70572&o=rn
Yeah. Nazi racists yet again accusing their victims of what they themselves actually are. An old Russian trick.
I remember saying years ago to some fucking troll : those who love RussIa; get out of Ukraine and live there. Quick as a flash the maggot accuses me of his own sin: ‘Typical; you support ethnic cleansing.’
“In the United States, Indians live on reservations, and bears in Russia walk across the country.”
Well Lavrov. Which place would any normal person want to live, on an Indian reservation, or Russian village? You decide.
https://ukrainetodayorg.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/main-qimg-8945d9ae60806bcf7a163ba0abeaef2c.jpg
Beautiful Russian village.
https://ukrainetodayorg.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/american-indian-reservations-alabama-coushatta-campground.jpg
Lake Tombigbee Campground on the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation in East Texas. Both recreational tourism and heritage tourism play significant roles in the economies of the American Indian reservations in Texas.
“We are perceived as a country of balalaika, vodka, bears.”
And a state mafia, theft, wife-beatings, air pollution, toxic waters, ruined soils, burning forests, oil spills, and alcoholism. BTW, the most toxic place on earth is … in mafia land.
Not forgetting drug cheats, assassins, and most of all, compulsive liars.
We could just keep on going with the list of negatives…
It’s difficult to find any positives to put on the list.