Still, it is like asking "crash course in understanding americans". It will be hard not to fell in a stereotypes trap. A few books that might help you with a g

Still, it is like asking "crash course in understanding americans". It will be hard not to fell in a stereotypes trap. A few books that might help you with a glimps into modern Russia are: "Absurdistan" by Gary Shteyngart. "ДухLess by Sergey Minaev Maybe "Epidemy in Hell" by George Zotov as something more comical that can give you a feeling.