Many Americans think of Russia as the Wild West. However, the reality is that most of Russia is pretty similar to any other country, with locals facing the same problems that you do in your day-to-day life.

That said, there are certainly some parts of life in Russia that are a bit spicier than what we’ve got in America. For example, whatever the hell this is. For a second example, the video below, in which a man is seemingly kidnapped by the mafia in broad daylight and screams for help, but no one assists him. 

Russia: At the Yoroslavskiy train station in Moscow, Chechen Kadyrovite mafia kidnapped a person in broad daylight as he screamed for help, threw him in the trunk of their Mercedes SUV, and drove off.
Bystanders and police just watched on and dared not interfere. pic.twitter.com/tOs0QLHxLI

— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) June 3, 2025