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This article about Russian's habit of yelling is interesting: https://classical-russian-literature.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-russian-game-of-yell.html?m=1 https:

• negus 3y ago
  As a Russian living among Greeks I can not say that I experienced any unusual rudeness. But yes, permanent smiling may be considered to be deceptive and insincere by some Russians. But anyway: people tend to express themself in many different ways. It is great to be tolerant to others, while trying to be polite and culture-aware yourself.
  • xhevahir 3y ago
    The interactions I had--some of them, I should add--in Greece were combative from an American perspective and not a Russian one. If the scenes described in the link are typical of Russian life, then the Greeks I encountered indeed probably would not strike a Russian as rude.