It would actually be cheaper and safer for me to drive through Russia at this point, fuck no. All I'd need to do is behave myself in Russia and then I can get to wherever I need to go if it really came down to it.
This is really not at all true and you need to understand life in Russia is incredibly brutal.
A small example, when I lived there my friends would go to a small stall by the metro selling rotisserie chicken. One night we bought chicken for dinner, the next morning walking to the metro we saw his stall was bulldozed. He clearly had no warning.
Bribes are expected for any interaction, even basic registration stuff and life is cheap there. There's a reason most men there drink themselves to death, it's softer than living.
Fair enough, though frankly I don't see how that's much different from America going after children's lemonade stands, arguably it's worse because it's fucking children. I get the whole grass is greener mentality can be dangerous but at the same time Conservatives do this kind of crap constantly especially in the UK lately and we just laugh at it. It's a case of "Trust us! If you vote Labour it will get so much worse!" as if they hadn't been fucking the country up for the past 14 or so years.
I get Russia is absolutely not the ideal tourist destination, I'm just thinking of potentially using it as a pass through essentially to maybe get to other countries and avoid the middle east.
Yeah, I figured you knew it was hyperbole but others may not. A kid lemonade stand getting shut down sucks, but it's not destroying the child's livelihood. Having your business bulldozed overnight with all your belongings is infinitely worse.
Russia is a poor choice for "passing through", logistically and geographicly - especially since I think for you it's coming from UK which means you pass through most of Europe first.
Perhaps consider like your ancestors - take to the seas and make for the Caribbean? I have heard British virgin islands are more British than Britain.
It's looking like hilariously learning to fly really is probably going to be a better option for me if I want to think on that scale which is just ridiculous.
It would actually be cheaper and safer for me to drive through Russia at this point, fuck no. All I'd need to do is behave myself in Russia and then I can get to wherever I need to go if it really came down to it.
This is really not at all true and you need to understand life in Russia is incredibly brutal.
A small example, when I lived there my friends would go to a small stall by the metro selling rotisserie chicken. One night we bought chicken for dinner, the next morning walking to the metro we saw his stall was bulldozed. He clearly had no warning.
Bribes are expected for any interaction, even basic registration stuff and life is cheap there. There's a reason most men there drink themselves to death, it's softer than living.
Fair enough, though frankly I don't see how that's much different from America going after children's lemonade stands, arguably it's worse because it's fucking children. I get the whole grass is greener mentality can be dangerous but at the same time Conservatives do this kind of crap constantly especially in the UK lately and we just laugh at it. It's a case of "Trust us! If you vote Labour it will get so much worse!" as if they hadn't been fucking the country up for the past 14 or so years.
I get Russia is absolutely not the ideal tourist destination, I'm just thinking of potentially using it as a pass through essentially to maybe get to other countries and avoid the middle east.
Yeah, I figured you knew it was hyperbole but others may not. A kid lemonade stand getting shut down sucks, but it's not destroying the child's livelihood. Having your business bulldozed overnight with all your belongings is infinitely worse.
Russia is a poor choice for "passing through", logistically and geographicly - especially since I think for you it's coming from UK which means you pass through most of Europe first.
Perhaps consider like your ancestors - take to the seas and make for the Caribbean? I have heard British virgin islands are more British than Britain.
It's looking like hilariously learning to fly really is probably going to be a better option for me if I want to think on that scale which is just ridiculous.