2016-06-22 19:15 GMT+03:00 juan <juan.g71@gmail.com>: Russia is ~100% western 'civilization' or culture.
Ethnically, linguistically, religiously 'western'.
You are wrong, my friend. Not religiously and not morally. Russia /ns is/are definitely not a western type in the real spiritual core of human beings. Russians are really different (not "special high race", but there is something really High and Great in this nation. In the soul of Russian people).
I do think that the anti russian propaganda coming from washington and their european vasal states and pets is both stupid and dangerous, but idealizing russia isn't too helpful either.
Juan, my friend.... i understand your point, but the problem is... that you miss something else... you miss the "why is Zen such a great fun of Russia/ns/ of this "russkost" thing". it's difficult to express in words... one should feel it... it's the Russian real-core DIFFERENCE from other nations, especially from the Western nations... it's Russians HEARTS. Their SPIRITS. Their high standards of MORALITY and HEROISM. It's Russians attitude to Good and Evil...Their humane attitude to other nations.... I don't know how to express it, partly it's written in this article. It's not idealizing the Russians, but something else (i'm not writing it because i myself is a Russian, believe me).