Omsk World News
ОМСК But enough of dacha dreaming. Let's talk about politics and money a little. Alexander Mercouris from the Duran summed it up very well during his latest podcast as he visited Pskov after landing in Moscow: "Russia has never been more prosperous in its history, and this includes the regions. " When the West finally realizes that, and that their own countries are shippy-shoddy, then the penny will drop, and they'll finally realize how things are. Well, and that does seem to be true. Not just Moscow and the Golden Ring, but places such as Omsk are looking better and better. Even small towns out in the farthest ends of the regions are enjoying massive investments. I saw that in Tavircheskoye and Tara last year. So one wonders why Russians would take a step down to go to the West. This is partly the fault of everyone drinking the American 'Kool-Aid,' i.e., propaganda and Hollywood, obviously. But in traveling back to America, one notices that cities seem frozen from the 60s and 70s without any updates. NYC has a few more elite ultra-thin skyscrappers, but the rest of the country is stuck. In a Google Maps scan of my old neighborhood in New York State, all the houses are exactly the same, almost the same color from the 1960s. The only difference is the complete lack of anyone outside. No kids, no one walking. Back in the day, each family had a few or many kids.
ОМСК But enough of dacha dreaming. Let's talk about politics and money a little. Alexander Mercouris from the Duran summed it up very well during his latest podcast as he visited Pskov after landing in Moscow: "Russia has never been more prosperous in its history, and this includes the regions. " When the West finally realizes that, and that their own countries are shippy-shoddy, then the penny will drop, and they'll finally realize how things are. Well, and that does seem to be true. Not just Moscow and the Golden Ring, but places such as Omsk are looking better and better. Even small towns out in the farthest ends of the regions are enjoying massive investments. I saw that in Tavircheskoye and Tara last year. So one wonders why Russians would take a step down to go to the West. This is partly the fault of everyone drinking the American 'Kool-Aid,' i.e., propaganda and Hollywood, obviously. But in traveling back to America, one notices that cities seem frozen from the 60s and 70s without any updates. NYC has a few more elite ultra-thin skyscrappers, but the rest of the country is stuck. In a Google Maps scan of my old neighborhood in New York State, all the houses are exactly the same, almost the same color from the 1960s. The only difference is the complete lack of anyone outside. No kids, no one walking. Back in the day, each family had a few or many kids.