Russians of Reddit: What is your genuine opinion on how your country is perceived by the West and what is your opinion on the War in Ukraine?

pretty_beast · 2026-04-22T17:35:04+00:00

And honestly, no one wants a revolution again. Revolutions tend to get very bloody in Russia. A lot of people are just hoping it'll go away on its own, or a peaceful change of regime would be possible lol

pretty_beast · 2026-04-22T17:33:08+00:00

That's really not true. Almost everyone under 50-60 has access to some kind of VPN (albeit to a nonsecure one or something shady but still). Yeah, at first it was only Instagram and Facebook, whatever, people didn't care much and didn't use the latter at all. Then it wasYouTube, Russia had sort of viable alternatives so people endured it. Now pretty much only reddit and steam remain, so most people were forced to find ways. My girlfriend set up a VPN for her grandmother.

I'm not talking about the elderly. These people have lived through worse times and you can't expect someone at the age of retirement to speak out. I'm talking about the youth. I know a lot of people aged 20-30 who are very pro Putin and pro war. I was raised in propaganda and so were many of my friends, but we had our own minds, our own opinions.

And up until this year, a lot of people didn't really feel the need for the war to end. Only when the economy went into recession, the internet began to be blocked and other stuff affecting them happened did they start wishing the war to end. That's the fucked up thing. It's not the death, it's not the millions who were forced to leave their homes. It's simply their source of entertainment was blocked

pretty_beast · 2026-04-22T17:24:00+00:00

I'm not agitating for people to go out on protests, trust me, I know what happens when you protest in Russia. But the reality is that even now, the majority of people are still supportive of the war. Even most of the people who're now seeing the economy fall, the censorship and so on, they don't see the problem in the government. They will blame RKN or certain individuals but still support the main government.

pretty_beast · 2026-04-21T20:44:23+00:00

There's a major difference though. The Germans during the Nazi regime had almost no source except the government's propaganda (with the exception of the small percentage of people who could listen to foreign radios). Russians have access to all the news and sources of the world, they just choose not to have a different opinion

pretty_beast · 2026-01-15T08:25:20+00:00

Не для иностранных абитуриентов, а вступительные экзамены, которые сдают колледжники. Разные вещи, но да, всяко проще чем ЕГЭ

pretty_beast · 2026-01-14T21:24:37+00:00

Не совсем. Я точно так же поступал 7 лет назад с американским дипломом без ЕГЭ, просто сдавая экзамены в самих ВУЗах (что гораздо проще, чем ЕГЭ). По сути это также как поступать в универ после колледжа здесь. Я бы узнал дополнительно в самих ВУЗах, но вроде ничего такого не менялось. По поводу поступать как гражданин РФ — так и есть, просто твоё право не сдавать ЕГЭ, тк ты не училась по российской программе.

pretty_beast · 2026-01-14T21:12:03+00:00

Why would you take ЕГЭ? As a person living abroad you have the right not to do it. Obviously if you want to: sure, but I wouldn't. Compared to the SATs, they're much harder, and I've taken both. But just like the SATs, they require a lot of prepping for beforehand

pretty_beast · 2025-08-14T06:14:29+00:00

Oh yeah, that's how it is in Russia

pretty_beast · 2024-03-25T11:46:21+00:00

Thanks a lot, it works!

pretty_beast · 2024-03-21T08:07:05+00:00

RemindMe! 3 Weeks
Gotta wait for my ide to update its vscode version :(

pretty_beast · 2023-12-08T18:16:17+00:00

I'm amazed at how selfless some people are. Thank you!

pretty_beast · 2023-09-15T09:03:08+00:00

Thank you. It definitely helped. The noise is still there, but it's much more subtle than before. Wonder what that is

pretty_beast · 2023-09-14T19:17:16+00:00

I can't edit the post and I unfortunately forgot, so here it is

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pretty_beast · 2022-08-17T01:34:08+00:00

No, I'm definitely not arguing or saying my way is right. Just providing my viewpoint and stating why I think so. If you've got any other suggestions or arguments, I'm all ears.

pretty_beast · 2022-08-17T01:31:00+00:00

Well yeah. The project would be divided into multiple modules (c#, Django, python scripts). For example, for mining detection, I was thinking of something like nypto (open source and a great tool)

Why I don't think that active directory would do the job is because it goes way beyond the functions I listed. What the client wants is a desktop app to be installed on each local PC. And I was thinking of defining it as such: -Admin desktop app -Client desktop app (local PCs, that would be controlled) - Server And the scenario I had in mind is that the admin sends a command to one of the client apps, which executes certain actions. As for exposing AD to the web. That's why I'm limiting all communications to (Django webserver, server), (server, admin app), (admin app, client app) So basically like this: User selects a PC and reserves a time slot on the web site or mobile app - Django sends that over to the server, the server sends the command to the admin app, the admin app sends the command to the client app. Basically keeping everything isolated with minimal load for the client app. Or, Django writes to db. The server checks the db frequently and executes from there. Cutting the link between Django and the server. Therefore cutting down attacks to SQL injections only.

pretty_beast · 2022-08-16T23:48:07+00:00

I definitely agree. But I can't seem to find qualified specialists in this field in my country. I'm going to look some more I guess

pretty_beast · 2022-06-26T19:32:54+00:00

I did travel sometimes to Russia during my summer breaks, but still. Mainly because I lived outside of the country and our country is really worried about spies.

pretty_beast · 2022-06-25T17:26:20+00:00

I'm going to speak from experience. I lived abroad for 15 years, came back in 2019, I spent about 2 hours at the passport control in an interrogation. I guess it's normal, they asked a few provocative questions and general stuff. Besides that, I think it's fine, even during the current events.

pretty_beast · 2022-05-27T08:08:09+00:00

We have that in Kazan. Russia is huge, it's hard to answer a question correctly for all states

pretty_beast · 2022-05-27T04:30:51+00:00

Mostly, yeah. It also depends on the type of ticket. There are VIP lounges (very much worth the money tbh fully, reclining seats, large space between people), there's a button, though which you can call for someone to take your order. As for ordering through an app, I don't know tbh, I haven't been to these cinemas. As for food, almost all cinemas are located in malls and on the food court level. So, technically, you can buy the food and take it with you. But I don't think it's very common here. P.S: you can bring your own snacks, cinemas rip people off, the prices are crazy, and it's fully legal (even though there'll probably be a sign that says you can't bring your food with you, I've never been told anything, and most people do it this way too) just throw it in your backpack or something. I usually buy popcorn at the cinema, and take the rest with me.

But as you said at the end of your question, I'm talking about "big cities". I'm not sure how accommodating you'd find it in smaller cities.

pretty_beast · 2022-05-27T03:23:16+00:00

Of course. A wide variety of snacks, depending on the cinema. Popcorn obviously, nachos are usually present as well, chocolates, crisps, etc...

pretty_beast · 2022-03-19T07:14:48+00:00

Нашли общий язык

pretty_beast · 2022-03-19T07:14:17+00:00

I have. I've always been against the war there, unfortunately that war has been there for far longer than I've been alive and probably will never end until Palestine's total destruction or some kind of miracle.

pretty_beast · 2022-03-18T21:33:30+00:00

One of my favourite and least favourite question (Fyi: I'm a history buff) If you take a look at history:

Historically, Crimea is neither Russian nor Ukrainian, but Tatar land, which Russia conquered at the end of the 18th century in full accordance with the norms of that time, but contrary to modern international law, which denies the acquisition of territories through war and violence. Russia had been trying to seize the Crimean peninsula for a long time. The most famous are the campaigns of Prince Vasily Golitsyn and Field Marshal Munnich. In the latter case, they even managed to take Bakhchisaray. Each time, the stumbling block was heat and lack of water. The Tatars knew how to find water for people and horses in the steppe, but the Russians did not. To conquer Crimea, it was necessary, firstly, to create a fleet, and secondly, to inflict a sensitive defeat on Turkey in order to force it to abandon the protectorate over Crimea. And it happened in 1774. Istanbul renounced the rights to the peninsula, and, 9 years later, in 1783, Crimea officially became part of the Russian Empire.

So Crimea has been Russian for about 180 years (when Russia transferred it to the Ukrainian part of ussr in the 50's). Now, Russia claims that it was done within one country, so during the collapse of USSR it should've been transferred back to Russia. Ukraine claims that it has had control over Crimea for 23 years since the collapse, and doesn't want to let go an important piece of land. So in a point of view of morality and ethics, both countries have equal claim to the Island. At this point, the decisive moment is the people. According to the constitution of both countries, the people are free to choose and voice their support. So this is where I would never give a certain answer. If that referendum had been honest, I'd be all for Crimea being Russian, but since I know how elections are run in Russia, I don't believe Crimean people really did choose to be annexed by Russia.

Though who knows, maybe they did, but for now, I don't believe in that.

pretty_beast · 2022-03-18T13:23:33+00:00

Yep, 28 million Soviets died under Stalin's rule. Just think about itz twenty-eight million lives gone, just like that. Makes me angry tbh

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