vriad_lee

well, i don't know, in fact it's a very complex question. people used to resent some things a lot, right after the collapse of soviet union, tv ads most of all, especially of things like panty shields, tompons, candoms et cetera, everything intinmate, because soviet society was very, very, in fact extremely conservative in terms of sex, morality etc. 'prokladki' (panty shields) became some sort of a common noun for vulgar ads. but it's all but over by now. the society has changed, and in fact i think that we are in the middle of a goldem age of sort, as at this moment both of the worlds are available for anyone interested. it's like living inside a soviet era museum with mcdonalds and stuff scattered all over the place. plus, it's an-almost-totalitarian country now where you can be free and individualistic, more or less (until you mess with particular sort of stuff). it probably can't go on forever, but i enjoy it the way it is now. you can go some distance from moscow, and find typical soviet shops, typical soviet environment etc, so basically the old world goes, but so slowly that you don't need to resent the new world that is coming. if that makes any sense to you. there are no mcdonalds 30 km from moscow or other big cities anyway.