Discussion with Moscow

[linkinpark]

I've opened this thread in order to discuss about Russia and its people with PDF member 'Moscow' who is from Russia.

Here are some questions that I have for Moscow

Whom does Russia believe its main enemies or friends are?

How good is Russian defence R&D when compared to USA?.

What is the Political culture like?. We here a lot about Russian mafia, what about it?.

I hope Moscow will answer some of the questions.

Thanks

 

[Moscow]

hi greetings to you. i just came across this thread so pardon my delay in replying back.

Russian foreign polices are very secretive and its difficult to know what happens inside the kremlin.but going by the general opinioni will try to reply your questions.
1.RUSSIAS FRIENDS:-anyone who is not a friend of US and NATO.
special mention of india and china as trustworthy friends.
2.RUSSIAS ENEMIES:- need i mention russians can never forgive the US.



comparing russias r&d to US at this point is not logical.
truely russia lacks behind.not because they lack in technology but because it took russia 15 years to overcome some of its economic problem and then concentrate on R&D the break up of USSR forced russia back 15 years in comp US. but now its slowly getting back on its foot and spending much more on r&D. so expect very good results from russia in the near future.
russias space technology is still unmatched by us at any given time and as far as military technology goes they can still make some of the best systems<joint production has improved russias ability evev further>
but they still cannot make good lookinh cars they totally depend on germany of it.the saying goes that there are more mercs in moscow alone than there are in the whole of germany.they love german cars.

there is no politics in russia, history of the country suggests its always ruled by an iron fist.there is no place for the weak here.but russians in general are very patriotic and love their cultute and country.
i have no mafia links so i cannot comment on that

hope i answered some of your queries.
do write back with your thoughts.
thanks