Are you an ethnic Russian living in a Post-Soviet Country that isn't Russia?If so, what is life like? Can you speak the local language? Do you believe that you face discrimination from the local ethnic groups that aren't Russian? (e.g. do you face discrimination from Ukrainians if you're in Ukraine, do you face discrimination from Estonians if you're from Estonia, Georgians in Georgia, Armenians in Armenia, Kazakhs in Kazakhstan, Turkmens in Turkmenistan, Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan, Tajiks in Tajikistan, etc.)? If you face discrimination, would you care to give me an example of an instance?
I lived in Armenia for a few years. Was fine, only the locals always tried to scam me.
>>542175065I am of Gothic stock so I am trans-Rus.I speak the local language and I understand Russian.I don't face discrimination. Around here we're all secretly Rus peoples.I face discrimination from Ukrainians that migrated to Moldova and Romania. They say I'm a gypsy because I can't speak Russian.
>>542175065I lived in northern Kazakhstan for 1.5 years after the war began.It felt like a place stuck in some kind of timeless zone. Technologically, about 5 years behind Russia. A quiet and seemingly frozen place. And it healed the nerves to some extent.The city I lived in looked like typical provincial post-Soviet city with commieblocks and all that stuff, but surprisingly a little bit cleaner and neater.Local Russians... after all, over the course of 30 years, they had formed a distinct subethnic group. They were distinct from the "mainland" Russians. More down-to-earth, more focused on purely everyday matters. They had little interest outside of everyday life. Hobbies and educational videos/lectures are popular in Russia, after all. But they were friendly. But there were many semi-criminal types, a clear legacy of the local Soviet time gulags.The Kazakhs were numerically dominant. But they spoke mostly Russian. As far as I know, northern Kazakhs are loyal to Russia, while those in the south and west are not. Faced no any discrimination. And they didn't have the gulag legacy in their mentality. They were even more civilized than some Russians.
>>542176209>Local RussiansI see. Do you know if the local Russians can speak Kazakh?
>>542176280Generally, no. They don't speak Kazakh. Maybe a few words and expressions.
>>542176415Wait, what?! That is very shocking to me. Does Kazakhstan not value their language enough that everybody has to speak Kazakh?
>>542175065>Are you an ethnic Russian living in a Post-Soviet Country that isn't Russia?Not an ethnic russian, but living in post soviet country. Yes, we kinda discriminate.We had like 50k citizens of Russian Federation living here. To extend their residence permit, they needed to prove that they know latvian language on very basic level (A2, which takes like 2 weeks to learn). Majority of them provided it. Still, around 12k did not, and lost their residence permit. A lot of those who lost, moved to Germany or smth. Some other got delivered to border with Russia, and delivered to russian border guards.Interestingly, that M.Zakharova called that thing (returning ethnic russians back to Russia) as inhumane. So you can see some parallels with indians, who do not want to return back to India.But discrimination in day to day life? No, not really.
>>542176459Yes, this is a problem in Kazakhstan, where Russian is widely spoken and showing little signs of losing ground. The government is trying to force everyone to switch to Kazakh, but it depends on region. The north is the most pro-Russian, so very limited success. South tends to be hostile towards Russia, so I think Russian is being displaced more successfully.
>>542176630For those who can extend their residence permit, how good are their Russian speaking skills in general? Do you have trouble talking to them in Latvian?
>>542176790Russian is their native language. I am semi fluent in russian. Have several russian (ethnic russians, who have citizenship of Latvia) friends, who have decent latvian language knowledge. With them I speak in latvian, as then it allows for them to "polish" their language knowledge, which makes them more competative in job market. With people who I do not give much fucks, I do not mind to speak in russian. Ah, and some babushkas living as neighbors.
>>542175065used to live in south Kazakhstan, like 20 years ago. saw no discrimination, can't speak Kazakh and never had to use it. I went to a Russian school, but even there Kazakh was a mandatory subject
*looks around*there could be russians anywhere
