Russians are the craziest of them all. I speak russian fluently, have been many times in russia, finland sweden, latvia etc but a bunch of moral-lacking, backstabbing drunk-around-the-clock people live in Mother Russia. They actually invented vodka to keep the peasents on the leash. I mean, who does that.
But.. The average russians welcoming and warmness are above normal. You step in their house and already you have a new family. They welcome people like its learned from book and there will beatings if you do it in an other way.
Well, coming from Estonia, I dont actually shout my origin out loud in Russia. For some creepy reason they dislike us. (We took there war icons and other statues down when we became free. We see Military occupation when they see Freeing estonians from Germany and keeping the peace)
And a joke too.
Estonian, german and russian are on a plane and they can escape the plane only if each of them throws something out.
German throws out video recorder. Others ask why? German answers: "Eh, we have lots of them."
Russian throws out a bottle of vodka. Others ask why? Russian answers: "Eh, we have lots of them."
Estonian throws out the russian. German asks why? Estonian answers: "Eh, we have lots of them."