Two delightful vids.
From the poster of the first video — “This video below was made in Kaliningrad, Russian Baltic port and important naval and military base. Exactly the place where all those reconnaissance RC 135s fly by and US destroyers like the Donald Cook poke their nose.
“As a Scotsman who has lived in Russia for 20 odd years, married to a Russian and residing in Ufa, a provincial city in the Republic of Bashkortostan with a population of over one million people, it never fails to amuse me the lack of knowledge or understanding people in the West have of life in Russia. On my now infrequent visits outside of Russia to the UK, New Zealand and other places, the images that people have of Russia and Russians, particularly recently after the imposition of sanctions, are disappointingly far off the mark.
“The popular image of Russia is of empty shelves in supermarkets, dour and unsmiling people living in poverty. Nothing could be further from the truth, yes some things are not available (some types of cheese but not much else), but when I go to one of the many huge supermarkets here, there is an abundance of fresh produce from all corners of the world and the people are well dressed and look reasonably happy. Perhaps this recent flash mob video from a supermarket in Kaliningrad will go some way to destroying the myths.”
Doesn’t look like Russia has any people-of-Walmart types.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b8nvPjKMDh0
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