As someone who was born and raised in Soviet Union/Russia and spent half of my life there I read this article with a bit of amusement seeing Westerners trying t

As someone who was born and raised in Soviet Union/Russia and spent half of my life there I read this article with a bit of amusement seeing Westerners trying to make sense of this typical Soviet behavior. You're absolutely right. If anyone has any interest in seeing how this kind of stuff plays out in Russia, try to find and watch movie The Fool [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_(2014_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_(2014_film)