
What follows is a Question & Answer Interview with the Russian teenager,
Q: How many members are there in your family?
A: 4 (me, mom, and grandparents).
Q: What are the ages of the children?
A: 16.
Q: Are both parents living at home?
A: No, only mom.
Q: How many members are working to support your family?
A: 3.
Q: What do they do for work?
A: They are all researchers in the field of Russian history.
Q: What are issues are you affected by? What are some major
issues affecting your country right now? How and in what ways are you
most affected?
A: I'm affected by attending to the university (and a chance
to get to our army if I won't pass the exams) and the health of my
parents. My country now is affected by:
-War in Yugoslavia
-Economic Situation in Russia
-Corruption
-Criminal Situation
Q: What is your opinion on the issues and status of your
nation?
A: We are the GREATEST nation in the World. We will rule
the World. We will survive. Nobody can stop us.
Q: How is your family directly being affected by the
problems/and or good things from relations with other countries?
A: We just care about Serbian people. Politics isn't the
main point in our relations with people from other countries.
Q: How is your family doing financially?
A: Better then other ones 'cause my mother is a private
teacher and this is the main finance source for our family; the normal
wages in dollars equal $20-25.
Q: If you were in charge, how would you fix the problems;
what would you do and what do you think is the solution?
A: Hard question. I don't have any pre-prepared
suggestions. Also I don't want to get into politics - it's too dirty
for me.
Q: What do you think about your country's government?
A: This is the best government since 1991, but still there
are no great results in solving Russia's problem.
Q: What has your government done to take care in stopping any
problems? Or, in positive cases, what has your government done to
avoid them and stay successful?
A: Not a lot yet. They spoke a lot and they suggested a lot
- but there were no practice. Probably, Prime Minster Primokov will do
something.
Q: Is there something you really like about your government,
or something you really don't like?
A: Yes, there is. It's the personality of our Prime
Minister - Evgeny (first name) Maximovich (middle name) Primokav
(surname). He is the only Russian politician who can really help
Russia to survive.
Q: What do you think could change for the better in your
government?
A: Less level of corruption.
Q: What kind of education have your children received, or are
receiving?
A: I've just ended High School and I'm going to attend the
university.
Q: What are some traditions/rituals of your culture that your
family abides to?
A: Yes, there are a lot of them.but still we are atheistic
and non-superstitious.
Q: What is the predominant religion in your area?
A: Orthodoxy.
Q: Is your family happy?
A: Yes.
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