Quoting Graham Chapman from that Monty Python sketch: "This is getting rather silly now!"
Let's debunk some of the common myths spread by Russian online trolls:
1.
"Russia is a very safe country , unlike the West"
Are you serious? Does this even deserve an answer?
The homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 6.8 in Russia.
The rate in Sweden is 1.1, in the UK is 1.2 and in France is 1.1.
Even in Rwanda (on the African continent) the rate is 3.6...significantly lover than Russia's 6.8.
en.wikipedia.org
I think we can all agree which countries are statistically safer. You are nearly 6(!) times as likely to be killed in the supposedly "White and European" Russia than in the "multicultural" UK and France. You are nearly twice as likely to be killed in the supposedly "White and European" Russia than in the Black African Rwanda. Interesting, isn't it?
2."Unlike the West , Russia has high birtrates"
Wrong.
The Birthrate in Russia in 9.22
in Comparison, the figure in the US is 12.22, the UK 10.80, France is 11.56...
3."At least in Russia, those birth were all to native couples, as there is no immigration to Russia."
Wrong. The Russian Federation has received (both in number as well as in percentages ) more immigrants than most western countries.
11.6 million foreign-born residents. (The UK is 9.4, France 8.5).
4.
"At least in Russian, those are all Christians, as there are no Muslim in Russia."
Wrong again. There are 14 to 16 million (!) Muslims in Russia - 10-12% of the total population.
In the UK there are 2.2 million Muslim folk (barely 3.3% of the population.) and in France there are 5.72 million (8.8%)
Considering that large percentage of birth in Russia are to Muslim mums...please explain: how is exactly Putin "saving Christianity" in Russia?We are curious.
4
."Russia is a Christian nation and Christians in Russia are very religious"
And how do we measure that?By weekly worship attendance, right? let's see what the staistics say:
Weekly worship attendance :
In Canada 20%, US 36%, Mexico 45%, Ethiopia 82%.
The UK 8%, France 12%, Sweden 6%
Russia is 7%...roughly on par with the very secular Sweden.
4.
"At least in Russian, those are all Christians, as there are no Muslim in Russia."
Wrong again. There are 14 to 16 million (!) Muslims in Russia - 10-12% of the total population.
In the UK there are 2.2 million Muslim folk (barely 3.3% of the population.) and in France there are 5.72 million (8.8%)
Considering that large percentage of birth in Russia are to Muslim mum...please explain: how is exactly Putin "saving Christianity" in Russia?I am curious.
4.
"At least in Russian, those are all Christians, as there are no Muslim in Russia."
Wrong again. There are 14 to 16 million (!) Muslims in Russia - 10-12% of the total population.
In the UK there are 2.2 million Muslim folk (barely 3.3% of the population.) and in France there are 5.72 million (8.8%)
Considering that large percentage of birth in Russia are to Muslim mum...please explain: how is exactly Putin "saving Christianity" in Russia?I am curious.
5. (After a few seconds of uncomfortable silence)
"Ermmm...Well, At least the Muslims in Russia are all peaceful, unlike the ones in the West!"
Are you being serious?
Wrong again. Most people would agree that Chechnians -on average- more problematic than any other group within the Ummah. (know, technically Chechnians are "home-grown" in Russia but that is besides the point). Yes, the Chechnyans are "whitest" people of Earth (these are the real proverbial Caucasians, not WASP-y folks int he US) - and also the most tribalistic in addition to being Islamic extremists - a very unique (and in this case seemingly dangerous) combination.
It is very telling that even the Russian government gave up on pacifying them - after two bloody, unsuccessful wars in Chechnya in the 1990s. putin eventually decided it was better to pay off the strongest (and most corrupt) warlord (Ramzan Kadirov) in that region.
Apparently even other group of Muslims have their own issues with this group:
Would you really want these guys coming to your town?:
I think we'll rather have the Pakistani Uber drivers in the UK, Algerian shopkeepers in France, Belgian-Moroccan accountants in Belgium or Somali medical student in Sweden, Yemeni gas station owners in the US. Russia can keep their own Muslims, thanks very much.
6.
"At least there are is no LGBTQ-propaganda in Russia"
This statement may have some truth to it. However, you need to be really naive to believe there are no LGBTQ-people in Russia. We can assume there are some, perhaps in the closet, even in a place like Russia. Particularly since the statistics have already confirmed: Russians aren't exactly beacons of Christian morality...
7. "
There is no drug problem in Russia, only in the US."
Wrong. Russia has had a massive drug problem, ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. There is no end in sight...
8.
"You dirty, lying f****** American Neocon/Israeli Jew/Ukranian Fascist/Polish/ Latvian/Estonian Nationalist/Georgian Chauvinist/Turkish Muslim etc etc!"
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Now that your lies have been exposed, you result to name-calling. Shame on you. This conversation is over.
Your lies don't stand up to scrutiny. The truth is here for everyone to see.
Have a nice day.