Well, nobody expects the Russian roads to be up to German and Austrian level, but then, in many other countries, including US, they are not up to that level eit

Well, nobody expects the Russian roads to be up to German and Austrian level, but then, in many other countries, including US, they are not up to that level either. That video was from Rostov - and Rostov has actually fine roads. The Ukrainian side is in much worse conditions (and it is not due to the war; it was worse before the war in Donbass too). Of course, going through Siberia has it's problems. Just few days ago I was reading article about Vasyugan Mire - http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/casestudy/features/f0207-special-status-for-swamp-that-saves-the-world/ http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/casestudy/features/f0207-sp... , marveling about it's beauty and hoping, that nobody will try to find out how to make a road through it ;).