I've heard Russia/Ukraine is nasty to tourists?

Question

That true? I might be going to both places next year.

Answer 1

Omfg Leo b didnt even answer your question, he rambled on about how russians are completly evil. and its most definently a paste. Mines not =)

Well it all depends on who you are actually. Before I begin may I please ask to be best answer! Lol thank you. =)

Your speaking english flawless so your eitheir from Uk or Usa. If you dont speak russian or ukrainian thats an automatic downside. From personal experience Ukranians are much more friendlier than Russians. However every traveler seems to get an impression that both country have mean people. Such as they look suspicious or snobby. To tell you the truth its the truth lol. But some of the best ppl you can make come from these places.
All you have to do is get over a jealousy or suspicion of them, and learn the language.

If your asian your screwd lol, or if you have darker skin. Russia is very dangerous for non whites (not siberia, east russia) If you go to russia and your not snow white dont leave the protection of the big citys, and I know they give you many warnings about such. So until then good day mate =)

Here are some helpful first starts in russian if you didnt know already I suggest learning much more.
(How its pronounced)
Pree - vee - et = Hello
Kak - Day - Law = Hows it Going
Oy - Ching Hair - uh - shore = very well
Spy - see - buh = thank you
Dah - svee - don - ye = goodbye
Po - Kah = bye
Vwoy - Pon - knee - my - eh - che = you understand?

Answer 2

Russia is beautiful. And, it's not anymore dangerous than the USA. I hate the fact that people on here say things like Watch your stuff in Europe, like the US is so safe. Go, visit and have a wonderful time.These people don't mean to be rude,it's just that when American Tourists arrive with the snotty noses in the air. Make these hard working people feel like they are so beneath them, sure they may get rude. If you are nice & respectfull to them, they will do the same for you. If you have money to spend, you can buy anything your heart desires. And, like anywhere in the world: If you ask a street vendor" How much?" you will get a price, depending on what you look like and what you are wearing.
Example: Fleamarket
Item: Antique Vase
You are wearing: Rolex watch & LV Bag;
your price $ 75.00
You are wearing: plastic timex & walmart 9.99 bag..
your price for the same vase: $25.00
And, I don't care what part of the world you are in..
So treat them with respect & they will do the same.
and as a tourist in any country or even here in the states.. try to blend in, don;t be flashy & you will be fine.
I have been to Russia as well as many other countries in Europe.
Europe is stunning, the only place I ever had a problem with someone ripping of my gold chain was in Rome, Italy.... Never had a problem in Russia. Ukrain people are aslo very nice...

Answer 3

People are not nasty. They are too busy making money. Before Russia and Ukraine had nothing except the lines. Now there is every thing in the store but people can not afford it. I was in Russia two years ago and had NO PROBLEMS. But..... like anywhere in Europe , be cautious with your possessions. My brother-in-law didn't listen to us and he paid the price. Yes ,, the ONLY people were nasty to us, were the MILICIA. But don't listen to any body. Other wise you should stay home. GO! ENJOY your trip and tell us about YOUR experience.

Answer 4

Mother russia is a very tough place - there is two prices, one for locals one for westeners.... good luck!

Answer 5

i went to moscow, two years ago and it wasnt as horrible as you said.. i was trying to communicate with some of the russians but i think they were pretty arrogant but trust me, every country is like that

Answer 6

i could be super drained as this is humorous and gross to me. i think of the humorous area of it comes out of your wording for cat poop and your evaluation on the tip. Oh nicely, a minimum of the funniness of it takes away most of the grossness of it. this is a megastar for the chuckle.

Answer 7

Nonsense
Russians are one of the friendliest peoples you will meet

Answer 8

YOU ARE DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT MENTALITY THERE. READ ON.

Ever since the iron curtain fell, criminals have been pouring out of the countries of the former soviet union, to plunder and infect the rest of the world with their criminal minds and conduct. Theft, scams, and every illegal method of cheating and robbing is a way of life for them, the word is out all over Russia that when stores close in America, there is still stuff on the store shelves that has not been sold or shoplifted. This is an incredible thing for anyone in Russia to believe, and the petty thief element has seized on that rumor and, (500,000 to date), have come to the USA to steal or grab whatever they can get

In the old soviet union, the word and the way was, to cheat the government; there was no private industry to cheat, so they cheated the state. It has become engrained in their mentality and thought. This mentality to cheat the government, they carry to the rest of the world. Tax fraud ,welfare and healthcare fraud are the passwords to riches for them here in America.

The particulars of the methods used:

1.SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
The social security law provides for benefits to a married couple entitled by right to social security. However, if the couple divorces, each gets individually the same amount the two of them got together, or almost that sum. So the scheme is to go thru a divorce case, get a divorce judgment, pretend to live apart but actually continue on, collecting double what they had before. They get separate addresses, but one of them gives a false address where other Russians live, gets his or her social security check there, and goes on living with his “former” spouse.

2.MEDICARE BENEFITS
Russian-Ukranian immigrants are particularly adept at this scheme. They set up medical clinics, and put in them one licensed doctor, but the rest are all Russian or Ukranian doctors who are unlicensed in the USA. The clinics are super fraud schemes – all their patients are immigrants from the former soviet union – so that the scheme is protected from outside introspection. How it works? False claims for these persons for medical benefits allegedly provided are submitted. The social security administration tries to verify if these services were really rendered and they face a language barrier and a fear barrier. The language barrier is obvious – these older people cant speak English. The fear barrier is much less apparent – these people are inculcated with the sense that the government is a punishing force, having lived thru it during the soviet years. Consequently, they shut up when approached by any investigator, and spread the word to the clinic operators. These people know the scheme as well as the Russians operating the clinic. Its phony services to people who wont talk and wouldn’t talk even if they could talk. Millions are raked in all over the US as the word has spread that this is an untouchable scheme. They’re right, it is. The old people who go to these clinics wouldn’t talk if they could speak English.

3.PHONY DISABILITY BENEFITS

The word is out all over the former soviet union, that in America, all you have to do is claim you are unable to work and the government supports you and gives you free medical care. This attracts the parasite class, whose main ambition is to live off of what others provide them and the prostitution clique of the old soviet union – women with no scruples, the type whose underhanded life style plagues the innocent. These scam artists get phony medical certificates in Russia from corrupted doctors, don’t show them when they apply for visas to come here, but on arrival go to the social security administration, show the documents and claim disability benefits under the social security system. They bring with them whatever pills are needed to create the symptoms of the condition if they are examined by American doctors, and a hundred thousand are claiming they have heart disease and getting free medical care and benefits by showing bad heart beat arrhythmias, when they apply and get away with it. All thru pills they know cause heart beat irregularities or other symptoms of conditions that will lead an examining doctor to conclude the disabling condition really exists.

4.SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS TO DECEASED PERSONS

When one of them dies, they bury the body secretly in some isolated area, and keep collecting social security benefits, and let some other illegal immigrant use the medical card of the deceased person and take the deceased’s person name, benefits and place. The death is not reported to local authorities or to anyone else. They find some person of the same age and gender to acquire the identity of the deceased person and keep collecting the benefits, while still another person adopts and uses the deceased person’s medical card. If investigators come around to check up, and the scheme participants are contacted, the story is that they don’t know the person, or the person moved away, or the person is in Russia on a trip and they know nothing more. This scheme usually succeeds until the deceased person, had they really been still alive, would be in his or her late 80s. Since all the persons in on the scheme are closely knit, usually the relatives of the deceased, breaking into it is impossible.

conclusion: when you go into the birthplace of this evil, remember this: it's open season on foreigners, mug, rob, steal, cheat and scam for dollars, and tourists -foreigners are easily spotted at airports where they arrive, by cab drivers who take them to destinations where organized gangs will later look for them, in hotels where employees of the hotels associated with gangs let gang members in to steal from rooms, on the street, where the clothing, hair style and SHOES will give a foreigner away without even hearing them speak no russian or russian with an accent.
GUIDE YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY

Answer 9

Foreigners are strange and jealous of Americans. It is best to stay at home..