Hi there.

my name is Andrey. I'm from Russia, homeland of Abramovich. :)

Hello, Andrey. Nice to have Russian fans in the fold. Who is your favourite Russian team? CSKA? Rubin Kazan?

Hello Andrey. Welcome to the Shed End. I think you may be the first Russian to join. Why don't you check out the Member Map? (4th from the right at the top of the page)

thanks. I'm glad to be first Russian. :)

I have added my location to the map. I'm the most north member.

Favourite russian team - Spartak Moscow.

I live very far from Moscow, I was one time at a football match.

thanks. I'm glad to be first Russian. :)

I have added my location to the map. I'm the most north member.

Favourite russian team - Spartak Moscow.

I live very far from Moscow, I was one time at a football match.

Gosh! You do live in the far north. Does it get very cold in winter where you live?

Welcome Andrey!

WElcome on board, I am surprised we haven't had more Russians on here to be honest.

Not very cold in winter. about -15 -20 degrees Celsius, but very wet from the Barents sea.

Not warm in summer. it's +10 +15 degrees now, and rains often. Sad weather.

if you want to know about Russia, then ask me.

Not very cold?? MINUS 15 or 20? That is what I call freezing!

I have been reading about a Russian punk band called Pussy Riot who are facing jail for having performed a protest gig in a church. Is that covered in Russian newspapers and on Russian TV news, or is it not mentioned?

In fact here they are

pussy riot is hot subject in russian newspapers and tv. Attorney offers to give them 3 years in prison for religious strife. But they disputed the President Vladimir Putin.

it is significant precedent. I don't think that the girls decided on the action independently, they received instructions.

it's my opinion.

it's a complicated political situation in Russia now.

what do you know(think) about it?

Drogba in the national team played yesterday with russian team in Moscow. 1-1

the end.

everyone of PussyRiot get 2 years in prison.

they are stupid girls. but the verdict is too severe

Thanks for letting us know that. I agree that the verdict is severe. At the same time 50 years ago they would have been given a much harsher punsihment, so perhpas we can view that as progress in a way.

On one hand, they had to know that this would be the outcome of taking on a maniac like Putin.

On the other hand, I find that to be a morally repugnant way of justifying a blatantly unjust sentence.

They're "stupid" only as far as anybody else who's ever protested against injustice is "stupid".

what is in newspapers and tv in your countries about pussyriot?

Putin is represser? The girls are victims?

they have done it in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour

it's the MAIN church in Russia. Their actions offend Christians.

they could do it not in cathedral and then there would not be such severe punishment.

The protest took place in a church because of the Russian patriarch's support for Putin. Offending a group of people who are notoriously quick to take offense over every little thing is not a valid reason for such a harsh sentence.

Edited August 19, 201213 yr by That Boy Brandinho

what is in newspapers and tv in your countries about pussyriot?

Putin is represser? The girls are victims?

they have done it in http://en.wikipedia....ist_the_Saviour

it's the MAIN church in Russia. Their actions offend Christians.

they could do it not in cathedral and then there would not be such severe punishment.

Can't say I've read a lot about it here in Sweden, but the articles I've read is mostly in support of them or about people supporting them.

Personally I think that they deserve to be punished. What they did was, unless I'm mistaking, wrong. 2 years seems too much though, but on the other hand I don't know if that is a normal sentence in Russia.

In Sweden they would perhaps get a fine or something, but Russia might be tougher on crime than we are.

It's not as if they stormed a church and started shooting ffs. This doesn't merit a prison sentence at all.

Vandals painted a swastika on mosque and synagogue in Irkutsk (town in Siberia).

What to do with them?

Let them clean it up and make them pay a visit to a Holocaust museum. Nine out of ten times these are bored youths, who have no idea what's behind a swastika.

a litle more about pussyriot in the Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/21/west-hypocrisy-pussy-riot