See this thread. Russian stereotypes of their nation are accurate. Maybe even understated. This is what happens when you have Communism. Everything turns to crap and the whole country turns into Ferguson on steroids:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3189416/posts
~http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3189416/posts~
During communist period there were American ex-pats in Russia and Cuba cutting similar pieces in reverse for Pravda on how crappy it is to live in the West. This one is written by the same type of person, it has some truths and half-truths but the entire message is quite perverted.
It is stupid to say there are no ills accompanying Russian transition to free market but to say they are prevalent is about as correct as to say that the United States is a nation of racism and Wall Street oligarchs have stolen American dream from general population.
There are might be some truths to it but the entire picture is very different for a ‘half-full glass’ people.