Yeah I was aware of that when I started , I took a creative liberty to tell the story I wanted to . I ' m sorry if that is a big nono here . First post <| sep |> Add me diablo 1421 <| sep |> Drive should have been over 3 times but we got fucked again . <| sep |> Upvoted for Athena <| sep |> No one is talking about war . But we should not be friends . We should be cautiously neutral . Russia ' s policies are in direct opposition to what the US stands for . There is no freedom of speechThere is no freedom of pressThere are no fair elections . My brother was an independent observer at Presidential and parliament elections and witnesses systemic , largescale fraud . No one will listen , or worse , you will disappear if you report it . You can be jailed for offending religion this can be literally anything that offends a religious person . Remember Pussy Riot ? Government can declare you an enemy of state and seize your assets with no fair trial or substantive reason KhodorkovskyYou can be jailed for gay propaganda such as holding hands with your SO or waving a rainbow flag . Corruption is unreal . Nothing gets done without briberies and connections . Nothing . Salaries are unlivable . Doctors make about $ 12 k a year . Government officials Duma and above make about $ 45 k . Despite free healthcare , majority of Russians pay for medical services , either officially because they want good care , or under the table at free clinics . Many people cannot afford care they need . Russia has one of the highest percentages of HIV infected people outside of subSaharan Africa . Any education to prevent this is nonexistent . This is largely a result of the heroin epidemic . Any prevention or treatment needle exchanges , methadone clinics are illegal . The government just denies the problem exists . Racism and neonationalism are rampant . People with darker skin from the south of Russia are in danger of being violated by nazi gangs and cops alike . ALL the money goes to Moscow . Try traveling across rural Russia . There are barely roads , let alone interstates . Abject poverty in the vast majority of the country . Like no electricity and running water . Putin has established a cult of his personality and the country is clearly a totalitarian regime that ' s cosplaying as a democracy . Good luck to all Americans who do not understand how dangerous it is for a reality TV actor , ahem , President to be under the influence of a former KGB colonel who has nothing but world domination on his mind .