Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

Why Lying Has Become a National Pastime
When I first arrived in Moscow, I soon learned that if I asked if something could be done and I received the answer, "OK, no problem," that did not mean I could expect for the deed to be accomplished.
I found lies were more acceptable than admitting a lack of knowledge about how to do what I had requested. Or they had overcommitted and rather than telling me that they would not be able to accomplish my request, they simply procrastinated and kept insisting that the job was "almost done," when in fact, it had not even been started.

When speaking with Russian friends about my frustration in such situations, they laughed and said, "That's normal here!"

"Russians not only like lying: By lying as badly as possible - just enough to get people that already want to believe our bullshit to get on board - we 'absolve' ourselves of culpability for those lies. After all we never said anything you didnt already want to believe, right? Keep track of our propaganda long enough and you'll notice how deliberately transparent it is."