Why everyone keeps saying that Russia is so cold?
No it is not. And there are no bears on the streets playing the accordion and drinking vodka

Sid, they were asking just to have a small conversation with someone out of the country. In small towns they are always curious about Aliens

If I do right now in any store and will ask to sell me cigarettes or vodka, no one will ask me to show passport and to prove that I'm adult.
Jibb, still the meaning of the "Cheers" isn't same with "Vashe zdorovie".