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Women & Men
  • Daily shaking of hands, only men; no handshakes for women.
    • exceptions of course exist
  • Women take care of their looks. They use more time and money than their sisters in Finland.
  • The role models are traditional.
  • It is difficult for women to get manager position.
  • Officially the status of women is low but in reality they run the society.
  • "You are not a man unless you drink".
  • It is a man's job to make money for a family.
  • Man always pays in restaurants.
  • Men are more polite towards women (vs. Finland).
  • 50-year-old man is often an old man (vs. Finland).
    • life expentancy at birth male: 60,55 years (rus), 74,82 years (fin)
    • life expentancy at birth female: 74,04 years (rus), 82,02 years (fin)