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Thank you for making this list!

Seeing your list I have a question though: Most apts say "Russian speaking". But a lot of the girls & guys (maybe half, or almost?) are actually Ukrainian. I know lots (most?) of Ukrainians also speak Russian (vice versa not so much).

So the apts where there are both Russians & Ukrainians would in practice be mostly Russian speaking. But are there any apts where there are (almost) only Ukrainians? I guess they would speak Ukrainian there, but I don't see any apt where it says "Ukrainian speaking"? Is that because it is too hard to discern both languages? Or because - especially in the Girls on Vacation apts - there is too much turnover to keep track?

I don't hear the difference myself (although i'm told it's considerable) so I don't blame you, just wondering if it would be a good idea to add "Ukrainian speaking" to some apts? Or "Russian/Ukrainian speaking" in case of mixed or regularly changing participants from both countries?

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6 minutes ago, Epikouros said:

Thank you for making this list!

Seeing your list I have a question though: Most apts say "Russian speaking". But a lot of the girls & guys (maybe half, or almost?) are actually Ukrainian. I know lots (most?) of Ukrainians also speak Russian (vice versa not so much).

So the apts where there are both Russians & Ukrainians would in practice be mostly Russian speaking. But are there any apts where there are (almost) only Ukrainians? I guess they would speak Ukrainian there, but I don't see any apt where it says "Ukrainian speaking"? Is that because it is too hard to discern both languages? Or because - especially in the Girls on Vacation apts - there is too much turnover to keep track?

I don't hear the difference myself (although i'm told it's considerable) so I don't blame you, just wondering if it would be a good idea to add "Ukrainian speaking" to some apts? Or "Russian/Ukrainian speaking" in case of mixed or regularly changing participants from both countries?

The majority of the Ukrainians speaks Russian and some works in Ukrainian. This is why they are Russian Speakers.

There are tons of videos on YouTube that explain this. 

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Pondering further, I wonder how the Russians and Ukrainians in the mixed GOV apts get along since the war.

It seems to be okay, maybe because if you choose this job as a Russian you're considered a deviant euro loving gay satanic pornophile anyway by the Putin regime, so the Russians who participate might be not all that loyal to their ever more hardline conservative traditionalist dictator.

Still, I don't understand either language, so I have no idea whether there are some political tensions under the surface, or if it is all "make love, not war" like on the placard they made in (I think) B4 last year?... I hope for the latter, but really don't know...  

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1 minute ago, Epikouros said:

Pondering further, I wonder how the Russians and Ukrainians in the mixed GOV apts get along since the war.

It seems to be okay, maybe because if you choose this job as a Russian you're considered a deviant euro loving gay satanic pornophile anyway by the Putin regime, so the Russians who participate might be not all that loyal to their ever more hardline conservative traditionalist dictator.

Still, I don't understand either language, so I have no idea whether there are some political tensions under the surface, or if it is all "make love, not war" like on the placard they made in (I think) B4 last year?... I hope for the latter, but really don't know...  

Kristy did and left in B2.

There was one Russian side supporter but she left the project long ago. In the beginning of the war they talked a bit about it on cam, did some materials for the demonstrations that were happening by that time. 

Most Russians that are in the project just want to live in Spain or other places in Europe

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il y a 7 minutes, thinga69 a dit :

The majority of the Ukrainians speaks Russian and some works in Ukrainian. This is why they are Russian Speakers.

There are tons of videos on YouTube that explain this. 

I get it, the east of Ukraine is mostly Russian speaking, although they don't necessarily identify with Russia. But if 2 or 3 girls from the west of Ukraine are in a GOV apt together, I assume they would be speaking Ukrainian to one another, not Russian. Though they also would be able to speak Russian if necessary. I'd be surprised if RLC didn't have any girls from the west of Ukraine, but it's possible.

Of course, if they all switched to English, I wouldn't mind! 😉 

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il y a 27 minutes, thinga69 a dit :

Kristy did and left in B2

Thanks.

But What did she do exactly? I couldn't quite understand that part of your response.

Edit: Oh, maybe you mean she made the placard? I always thought that was Holly, but I could be wrong. And why did she leave B2?

2nd Edit: Oh, she (Kristy, not Holly) left it (the placard) in B2, as opposed to leaving B2, as I first misunderstood. All is clear now.

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il y a 7 minutes, Epikouros a dit :

I get it, the east of Ukraine is mostly Russian speaking, although they don't necessarily identify with Russia. But if 2 or 3 girls from the west of Ukraine are in a GOV apt together, I assume they would be speaking Ukrainian to one another, not Russian. Though they also would be able to speak Russian if necessary. I'd be surprised if RLC didn't have any girls from the west of Ukraine, but it's possible.

Of course, if they all switched to English, I wouldn't mind! 😉 

I went to Kyiv on business a few times around 10 years ago. It surprised me that most people in the office spoke Russian to each other, even though I don't think there were any Russians in the office and only a few non-Ukrainians. They would even comment on certain people insisting on using Ukrainian as if it was something weird. Unsurprisingly, nowadays the Ukrainians I know seem much keener to use the Ukrainian language.

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1 minute ago, Epikouros said:

Thanks.

But What did she do exactly? I couldn't quite understand that part of your response.

Was Kristy who made the painting "Make love, No War" that is in B2.

All Ukrainians speak Russian because during the Soviet Union the official language was Russian, so at school they only teach Russian and very few teach Ukrainian. Only after the fall of the Soviet Union that Ukrainian returned to schools.  

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