In Russia, people logically, and quite justified, distrust the government as much as possible. Government there has a huge history of enslaving, torturing and k

In Russia, people logically, and quite justified, distrust the government as much as possible. Government there has a huge history of enslaving, torturing and killing their citizens all the way through today, in way Germany didn't know since the times of Nazis, not even in the GDR. Yet, everyday transactions in Russia are pretty much cashless, people pay to one another through card-to-card transfers and mobile payment are almost as universal as in China (where people don't trust their government at all btw).