re: #257 Nyet

Many people who are (called) liberals in Russia have surprisingly right-wing views compared to the US/Europe.

remember that “left” and “right” is an arbitrary designation based on the seating arrangements of the French Parliament. There is no absolute definition.

And between the rather stodgy and prude Soviet “morals” and those of the dominant Orthodox Church, Russian society’s views of women’s and LGBT rights are rather socially backwards when compared to much of the West (with the exception of the US Midwest and South)