Outside the Potemkin cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg most Russians live like serfs.

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Outside the Potemkin cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg most Russians live like serfs.

Author: Curly1918 (16475 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 2:19 pm on May 6, 2025

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A significant % don't have indoor plumbing or hot water.

Link: https://hromadske.ua/en/posts/russia-is-struggling-with-a-shitty-problem-literally

Replies to: "Outside the Potemkin cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg most Russians live like serfs."

V for victors. All victors should go to Moscow to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WW II [LINK] - Eli - 10:15am 5/6/25 (20) [View All]
- Wow! Today’s America. Dumb, dumber and stupid! [NT] - jimbasil - 11:18am 5/6/25
  - You're an American. How do you classify yourself by your adjectives? [NT] - Hensou - 11:32am 5/6/25
    - I think he's stupid [NT] - holybull101 - 1:43pm 5/6/25
- Not sure if you heard, but the USA won WWII. Bigly. [LINK] - Chris94 - 10:40am 5/6/25
  - He is a businessman. Yes, USA is the biggest winner of WWII from his perspective. [NT] - Eli - 11:38am 5/6/25
    - That's not what he said. Read the tweet - US was responsible for the victory. Do you agree? - Chris94 - 12:48pm 5/6/25
  - If the moron knew anything about logistics, production, and supply, he could make a better argument. [NT] - Frank L - 10:57am 5/6/25
    - But they did have the star of The Death of Stalin [NT] [LINK] - Curly1918 - 11:19am 5/6/25
- Hopefully Russia will eventually have a real revolution and rid themselves of their crypto-czar. - Curly1918 - 10:24am 5/6/25
  - It’s sad that the Russian people have never known democracy. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 10:34am 5/6/25
    - They had it for a few years in the 1990s - Chris94 - 10:41am 5/6/25
      - That's dark and miserable years. The whole Russuan middle class were wiped out & life expectancy - Eli - 12:12pm 5/6/25
        It was the result of corrupt mismanagement from the top down - Chris94 - 12:37pm 5/6/25
        
        Hmmm... sounds like Germany in the 1920s. [NT] - Curly1918 - 12:29pm 5/6/25
        
        I will make every attempt at not calling you names from now on… - Domer From Hell - 12:23pm 5/6/25
        When you think about it, the Russian people are barely 100 years removed from the Romanov dynasty's - Hibakusha - 1:31pm 5/6/25
        Outside the Potemkin cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg most Russians live like serfs. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 2:19pm 5/6/25
        
        Excellent point. I’d like to think… - Domer From Hell - 2:01pm 5/6/25
        Russia is now ruled by a massive oligarchy - Hibakusha - 3:04pm 5/6/25
      - Yup...and Navalny paid the price for trying to keep it going. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 11:30am 5/6/25