“Anyway, you definitely get the impression that the elite in Russia are not all that different from the elite in America.”
You’re correct. And the normal people are no different than us either.....watch this man take a Yamaha R1 through Moscow traffic at 180 MPH or so....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihQeZpwqpE&feature=related
Dude, that is serious insanity.