It’s sad that this piece of what basically is fun trivia about modern day Russia brings up gay propaganda debates straight away.

Although I have to admit that, being Russian, I’m happy to see at least some news about our outrageous and preposterous laws is getting the right attention from the rest of the world. Goes to show there are people who care, those who value human rights and can see there’s more than just “mild intolerance” here. We’re talking about Russian government interfering in the private lives of people here and this is sad. Especially when talking about the tragical consequences those admitting to be gay have to face.

Unfortunately, that’s not Russia’s only problem. The government’s desire to suppress people as much as possible does go out of hand, together with rather wise publicity that manages to create the wrong (positive) image of the situation in the country in the mind of the masses. Not to mention the less educated 90% of Russians still believe we’re about to start living in some bright future, or they just don’t care as these problems have nothing to do with them. But they have anything to do with all of us! I personally am ashamed to be Russian these days.

This 30 squats for an underground ride is a part of the Olympics campaign, yet you can’t imagine how tragic are the conditions of the Olympics site in Sochi. I worry about the lives of the participants and potential accidents due to all the construction flaws! Not to mention that after the Olympics Putin will be free to do whatever he pleases, as no fear of other countries boycotting the Games thus depriving the country of its potential income mainly based on ripping people off will be stopping him then.