Russia is very big and very varied. People are different in different regions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't have any opinions about Russians. There are celebrity persons in each country. Different people do different things.
Russia is a state within a state. To understand the population of Russia, you need to know the areas of the country; you need an understanding of the people and their interests.
Russia is not a homogenous country; it's a very fragmented country.
From the country with limited hope to grow your own business and express your own personality, Russia has become the land of significant opportunity.
There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette and business things are done just simply by a shake of the hand and whether they like you or not.
The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.
Russia is an Eastern Orthodox country.
In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between Russian citizens and their state is complicated.
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