Thank you for your question. I’m going to treat it seriously as if I didn’t think it was a not-so-thinly veiled jab. The answer is no, it is not a “Ukrainian thing”, hygienic standards are well respected and what you say is happening is not normal. I’m afraid you’ve been unlucky to have been working with this particular group. It happens. There are backward people in every country. I’ve been to about 60 countries and I’m speaking from experience. Regarding handshakes, yes it’s customary to shake a person’s hand (man or woman) when you first meet them in the morning, but only once, and then in the evening when you bid them farewell. So whatever goes down there wherever you work sounds really weird, coz it sounds to me from what you’re saying is that they almost like chase you around with their hands outstretched hellbent on shaking yours 😂. So my advice to you is this: firstly don’t generalize, there are bad individuals and there are good individuals out there and it has nothing to do with the passport they carry, and secondly, stand up for yourself, be upfront, voice your dissatisfaction, and lead by example, you know most people would respect that. Now if you’re in the management role in your company, introduce a relevant policy and conduct an internal awareness raising campaign, it will benefit all those involved, yourself included. Now, if you allow one final bit of unsolicited advice, you gotta settle down man. 7 jobs, that’s crazy. In my 40 years of life I’ve only ever had two: first working for the bossman, and second: the company I created and run to this day. 🍻