The last time when I’ve been in Milan, I noticed that more graffiti appeared on the walls and thus, the city seemed dirtier and more unsatisfactory. I asked one taxi driver what was wrong. He, like all taxi drivers knew the answers to all the questions and thus, has willingly told me that it …
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It turns out that people have already come up with a special term: RCS (reverse cultural shock). This is the feeling when you return from somewhere to your homeland and just fall out of the sediment with unaccustomed, or rather, from the “habit”.
Recently, I experienced this kind of RCS …
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In Europe, two friends can go together, one wearing flip-flops, the other – wearing boots. And it’s not just that the climate here is mild, but that there is a common mild atmosphere of tolerance for others. Nobody cares what you are wearing: a tuxedo or rags. Nobody will condemn you, discuss or make comments. This is …
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I noticed an interesting detail: in Italy, sitting at a table of a restaurant or a cafe, we, as usual, took our phones and started communicating with virtual friends, but not with each other. We are already like zombies, obsessed with the Internet and smartphones. And when I casually looked around I have suddenly found …
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Recently I was given an opportunity to ride an Italian train.
To begin with, I bought tickets on the Internet. Well, this is not surprising for us, Kazakhs. Our KR (Kazakh railway) has been selling them through its website for a long time.
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– Listen, explain to me why you are writing about this Crimea, Russia and Ukraine again and again. Don’t we have our own problems? Why are you so worried about this topic?
– You know, I sincerely consider it as my civic duty.
– A civil duty? Are …
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As a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan, I am against the introduction of a single currency on the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
I’ll explain why.
The introduction of a single currency will mean a centralized or, at best, coordinated monetary policy of …
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The state continues to spend large resources to keep prices for “social” bread. To do this, it forces the “Prodcorporation” to sell grain to small mills at a low price. The negative difference is the loss of the “Food Corporation”.
Of course, the government is the owner of the Food Corporation, and therefore has the right …
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In order to leave less place for the possibility of arbitrariness in prisons, it is necessary to introduce total video surveillance within them.
Moreover, the head of the prison simultaneously with the duty officer of the prosecutor’s office should see the video image in order to react promptly to the …
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A state, the further development of which depends on one person, on his health, on his personal presence on TV screens, on his mood and whims, cannot be considered sustainable, progressive and modern.
I’m talking about North Korea, of course.
What did you think about?…
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