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- Ahead of the World Cup, several organisations such as Russian Railways, Fifa and the Moscow Metro are conducting special training to teach their staff to be more polite and helpful to foreign visitors and, in particular, to smile more.
It is often said that Russians do not smile at strangers as much as their Western counterparts.
Steve Rosenberg investigates.
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Laughter yoga lmfao seemed like a public acid trip
it looked a scene from david lynch movie
BUUUUUUURN!😂
Yeah... it's super LOL
ShaRMz6g it probably is
they all look mentally retarded
1:09 literally the sims in real life.
srslystop AHAHAHHA
srslystop so much fake laughter it hurts my heart
Naaaa they probably saw they liked smiling and will do it more.
that's how we indians laugh
LMAO
Hello, it's me - Elnara Mustafina, psychologist from this video.
To be serious is the Russian habbit. Russians smile to people they know and rely. At the first meeting they usually say "Hello" with solemn face. Due to the fact that communication depends from the first impression, we teach train conductors to meet passengers with friendly attitude
Smiling is uplifting. It improves how one feels tremendously...it is a healthy habit and I agree it should be sincere.
What do you think Madam Elnara?
Hwang황정민 LOL! Spot on!
Support. You should teach people to smile but don't smile like Americans
nomadichronicle with Prozac smile
Elnara Mustafina Hi Elnara I have a question to Me smiling or not smiling does not matter personally to Me as I feel that a persons actions speak more than their facial features (but it is nice to see people smiling because they are happy) it is part of the Russian culture to only smile at people you know personally and I would prefer to experience the Russian culture in its fullest. My concern is that is it true a smile raises suspicion with the police just because they are happy and smiling? That disturbs me.
we have a Russian saying that says.
"laughter(smile) without reason is a sign of idiotism" :)
but what if you smile because you are happy.
Then to random strangers passing by you look like you were dropped on your head when you where a baby lol.
I mean dont get me wrong if you are walking around with a friend talking or on your phone and smiling no one cares at all, people only find it a little weird when someone is walking around alone smiling and looking all around them like its there first time on planet earth.
I mean you are "allowed" to smile and all, its just people are going to look weird at you, but if you dont care about that then no probs.
Why do you say people as if the whole world? I am talking about russia.
WTF
Вот у меня такая же реакция
In Russia a smile puts you on the face.
Maxim Chepelev Damn xD nice one.
🤣🤣🤣
In Russia, ball kicks you!
Hahahahhahaha no 😑
No smile in russia hahahahhaa
Russians believe that smiling without a reason is a sign of a fool.
Peter Downey
Actually the saying goes "laughing without a reason..." But smiling without a reason can also look really strange. Not to the point of being questioned by police, of course, don't believe that shit for one second.
how about beheading without a reason?
B.P. DHANA
Beheading is not a common practice in Russia...
CrystaliaV probably seen that on the mainstream media assuming beheadings are done in Russia
saman sabz
I wouldn't be surprised. Russia is presented as the epitome of evil in western msm.
In mother Russia no smile😓
Banthony Frickenstein German people laugh even less but they still come over as friendly sometimes
Soul Semblance But really only rarely. We're pissed off most of the time. 👹
Русское море those are great words. Perfect explanation.
Don Iguano ja ich weiß aber trozdem Kollegen sind freundlich
Русское море You were quite prepared to murder millions of your own people during the Communist era. What does that say about your souls? Not that this ever occurs to you; you are far too brutalised.
Russians do smile, but only when they mean it. We don't smile at anything. We smile when we talk to someone we like, when we are happy.... We don't smile if we don't mean it. So if you meet a Russian and he smiled at you then you know he is actually happy to meet you and it is not a fake smile.....How many people smile when they talk to each other and then they turn around and stab each other in the back but Russian only smiles when he actually likes person he talks to and would like to call this person a friend. Welcome to Russia for FIFA 2018 - NO FAKE EMOTIONS HERE )))))))
I don't see that as something positive. First impressions are important so if I meet somebody that is not even able to do a friendly face when I just meet him/her, I won't be interested in breaking the ice with that person.
The rest of the world don't see that is something positive, so here my explanation, russians smile shows real emotion right? Which means you thought that the rest of the world doing fake smile the whole time? That's wrong! Our smile isn't fake, we just love strangers, we accept strangers, so that's why we smile to strangers, we don't just judge book by it's cover, we trust everybody, no matter if you're stranger, you're human too, just like us, we treat people the way we want to be treated
Russians are my kinda people. They get straight to the point, no awkward small talk, nothing. It's great!
No awkward small talk on the way to the gulag. I'm not making this comment as an offense to modern Russia.
Lyndon B. Johnson .. . all these "gulags" exists (and were existed) in the heads of western people only, as something important, the heads which were a very propaganded :>
it's important for Soviet and russian peoples little more than ... mafia of Chicago in the USA at ~1930th - for Americans...
But we perceive the "western smiles by duty or commercial" as servile traits and primitive hypocrisy .. :> - and now i'm have the smile. Sarcastic ...
it's so weird to see Russians smiling
I'm just joking y'all. don't take me seriously lol
So if I land in Russia
I will be put behind bars immediately for smiling
😩
Yes you will only be allowed ro smile if you are competing the world cup 2018
alex silent watch inessa and Russian insider Putin is smarter than all European pm
No drama, woman.
keyaa this video is complete horseshit. It's a joke.
No it is not true 😂
I'm Russian and YES SMILE IS LEGAL In our country.
I still can't believe I've told someone this thing. Hilarious 😃
Что за бред 😂
Да, мы нечасто улыбаемся, но чтобы полицейский останавливал за это...Не поверю никогда 🤣
Оксана Леонова Ну может и нашелся урод, а может она ему просто понравилась, хотя видос у неё и впрямь суспециозный))) короче, как всегда на руси получилось что-то личное.
Uhh, English comment?
It's seen as insincere to grin at someone for no reason if you don't know them, save a smile for when you mean it. The Russians are friendly enough, it's just a cultural difference, stop trying to dig out every perceived negative about the place BBC, it's getting boring.
David Willard applies to a lot of Europe though in uk not so much
0IIIIII he's right about the cultural differences though
0IIIIII 😂😂😂 where did I mention Putin? Oh yeah I didn't. Still it wouldn't be the TH-cam comments section without someone on a wind up haha
BBC does it to all countries.. I hate BBC
Russians are good people.
Different culture init
couldve sworn this should be on the onion
bliz0123 right
I literally thought it was at first. That's why I clicked on this video.
There's nothing wrong with Russia man, shit let them do their own thing .
"stop that woman, she looks too happy, arrest her!!" Lmao only in Russia. Also, laughter yoga?? Where can I sign up for that looney shit, they all looked maniacal lol
Honestly I wish I lived in Russia because if you don’t smile where I live then you are seen as rude, weird and a strange person that people want to keep away from. I have hurt my face by forcefully stretching it so much with these fake smiles. If I could just not smile at anyone and just live my life without all that bs that would be heaven
Yes, do not hide your feelings, and do not force your facial muscles.
At least when they smile or laugh we know they are genuinely happy.
The sad part is that this is a true projection of our daily lives, faking smiles and joy.
How is it even possible to faking smile and joy lmao
My hubby is Russian, and all our pictures are hilariously split with my American side of the family beaming like lunatics and the Russian side looking like they just received a terminal diagnosis.
Sadly, this news is nonsense. It's not true. Russian people have a good sense of humor and I can tell you from my first-hand experience. Yes, they don't laugh unnecessarily like Jimmy Fallon.
It is the stereotype about smile! I'm from Moscow and there are lots of people, who are smiling) Of course, in America there are more smiling people, but in most cases it is a fake smile... Most russians have to have the essential reason for smiling :)
Екатерина Закурдаева
I went to Russia for the first time two years ago and I find that people who sound angry and look like they want to murder you are actually the nice guys.
Even the hotel staff at the very top hotels right across the Kremlin behave that way.
Only FSB agents, communists, and criminals actually smile in Russia. So people who sound friendly and smile are people that should be avoided.
It's the opposite of the west and former Western colonies.
Russia seems like a very weird and magical place to people that are not from the Soviet Union.
I wanted to buy the Soviet hats and propaganda posters but it's illegal to have them in my country (Indonesia).
Overall I really like Russia.
Valorzinski Adventures Did you really saw a lot of FSB agents, communists and criminals in Moscow?)) Then tell me who are you working for)))
Cornucopia
It was near a communist day or something so there were communist in uniform marching on the red square with Stalin's portrait.
I didn't see any criminals in Moscow but there was plenty in ST Petersburg.
I grew up under a dictatorship so I can spot government agents quite easily. Back in the day, we had death squads everywhere so criminals and political dissenters were just killed without trial. ( Indonesia)
The one common factor is that regardless of the country, govt agents are bad at acting.
The country was overrun with Terrorists and terror cells after the transition to democracy so I know how to spot those too. At least now we have a democratically elected strongman who kills Terrorists and criminals without trial.
Russia is the perfect vacation spot to drop my facade... Finally, hello lingering depression.
@@Raminakai sounds like a dream 😍
I approve of the Russian NOSMILE Policy. Smiling when you're actually happy is more GENUINE.
Russians do smile. They usually don't smile at strangers because it's awkward.
It never really went into why Russians don't smile. What cultural difference has made smiling in public taboo?
For me personally as an American, smiling always felt unnatural. I remember as I child being told to smile more. I remember my great aunt pinching my cheeks saying "smile boy, it's good for your soul". Other people would often say "lets see those pearly whites" or physically using their fingers to force a smile on my face while pestered to fake a smile. Smiling for me always felt unnatural, and uncomfortable. I had to really strain my face to force a believable smile.
Even now as a full grown man people always say that I need to smile, that I always look pissed off. I get asked (usually via proxy through my wife, people rarely talk to me) if I'm mad or angry at someone, which is nearly as bad as being asked to fake a smile... On the inside I may be smiling or even laughing (rarely do that aloud either), but only people who truly know me can spot my subtle natural smile. It turns my stomach to fake a smile or a laugh or to watch others fake it for social acceptance.
Mojokuku
Well, it's not a taboo. It's just uncommon.
Same here. I only smile when I mean it. I am pretty straight forward, what you see is what you get.
I think I wouldn't survive in Russia, even when I try puting serious face and not smile, my brain will messing up 😩
Or stop and just let Russian people just just keep their culture instead of being told their "wrong" for not "smiling" with teeth. Yes its creepy 🤪. Doesnt deserve an arrest, but they don't need to change who thry are as people - its their culture
No one arrest people for smiling, god, i'm Russian, please, stop believing this media D:
We are smiling, do you really think that the Russians need a class where they were told that it is normal to see the teeth of another person???
How can you even believe it
Russians would hate me. My nickname in elementary school was smiley.
😂😂😂😂
as a Russian all I'm thinking right now is
what
the
fuck
Although I can imagine train conductors being taught how to behave including smiling, and I can also imagine a person being stopped in Russia by the police assuming she or he is high, I cannot relate to the group of people in the latest scene. Personally, I have seen tons of people in the streets smiling and groups of people having fun, while none of them were stopped and asked why the heck they were smiling/laughing. It's not that you have to attend some bullshit "laughter yoga" classes to have some giggles. This video is kind of giving a false perception. It is not in Russian mentality to smile all the time - true. But it's not (yet) a country, where you can get in trouble for expression of positive emotions.
Me, squinting my eyes harder while wearing a mask to indicate I'm smiling
Вот что это за смехойога в конце? Что за психоз? Да, русские не улыбаются без причины. Да, у нас так не принято. Да, это нормально. Нет, мы не злые и не странные, считайте это чертой нашего менталитета.
NaPaF подаисываюсь. Кушать не могу из за всеобщей атмосферы зла и страха. Про улыбку вообще молчу: последние полгода хожу в респираторе, чтоб не дай бог никто не увидел хоть намек на улыбку. Раньше постоянно избивали гопники и полицейские даже если щурился на солнце.
Сейчас подбираю противогаз, так как менты палят уже по одному прищуру глаз. Друзья вообще ходят в комбинезонах рхбз, но я пока не решаюсь на такой радикальный шаг.
рфия?=))) Такого я еще не слышал=)
Честно говоря, я согласна с вами. Пускай идут нахуй глобалисты, почему всех надо делать под одну копирку? Есть особенности менталитета, пускай с уважением относятся к этому либо не едут в страны постсовка, раз раздражает, что люди не улыбчивы. Любовь к прямолинейности и честности это лучшее, что здесь есть, я не хочу, чтобы это когда-то поменялось.
Тhey ate 🍄🍄🍄 in the parc that's why they are all laughing, actually they see a kaleidoscop trip to Venus.
And of course that's better to not have a fake smile on the face all day long like an idiot. Smiling is for friends and dear people.
I think if we smile it comes from the heart and it is true smile,not fake smile just to look friendly
looking and being friendly is a basic element of a civilization. It makes life and interactions in the society smoother and easier.
@@topalbano Can you just like, let us do our culture rather than trying to change it to yours because you think smiling changes everything to be happy?
I don't want to be rude.
But this has to be the most horseshit video the BBC has ever put out on Russia.
Uros L BBC couldnt find anything else so they try to look for the dumbest reason to critisize them
Why not instead educate the people going to Russia? I love that they don't smile as often. It shows that when they do it is a genuine smile. I wonder how many smiles are genuine in the rest of the world.
Graham Stewart believe me those american and west european smiles are all fake just to boost theyre selfconfidence they really dont care for person they are smiling to
@@TheStatisfiedOne Yeah odd, since Americans don't care about people as much. We are the first nation people ask for when something goes wrong in there country. And we give more to charity than any other country in the world.
Up to this day I think people smiling at me without no reason are stupid.
Being “trained” to smile so that foreign visitors will perceive Russians to be friendly sounds pretty fake to me. Russia is not the only country where people prefer to have a solemn face, and there is nothing wrong with that.
We are smiling when we want smile only. :>
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This is worse propaganda than Rocky IV
1:00 now THAT looks alien and suspicious even to me, a smiley American lmao
This is absolutely kinda stereotype! I am from Russia and nobody can stop me if I am smiling, except if you laugh or smile in a way like these people in this yoga class do, as locals could really think that you are crazy or drunk. And, surely you could find lots of people smiling while walking in the streets of Russia.
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Immortal Kdude Actually people said plenty and some even cried. Our governments do not always listen to us.
Let's hope you don't assume every middle eastern is a Muslim or from gulf arab countries
Immortal Kdude
And why would you think that?
all I want to do is protect FREE SPEECH and TRUE REPORTING, by imprisonment of TOMMY ROBINSON by the British government have become a dictatorship
The same shit they did in Germany with puplic workers when we had the Worldcup.Think thats in the contracts with Fifa and all countrys have to pay to the same Consulting firm.Its about coruption.
госпади че за хрень.. у русского в генах не заложено смеяться просто так, так что как бы мы ни старались это долго работать не будет! Ну а выглядит это действительно по идиотски! Самое главное как ты сам относишься к себе и что ты сам думаешь о том кто ты есть, дружелюбие идет от сердца, а не от тупой улыбки! Лучше быть с серьезным лицом и хорошим человеком, чем быть с фальшивой улыбкой и говном внутри!
I'm someone who's generally very cheerful ...so this is very new for me....Nepalese are known for their warmth and hospitality. .Even a stranger will smile and talk to you..and within minutes you're acquaintances.
Being stopped by the police because you're smiling, that's disgusting!
i heard that smiling at someone in russia may make them think that you see them as an idiot
well, what kind of nonsense in Russia to smile it is more normal than in England, but to laugh without reason is a sign durachiny)), and I police also would be interested in this addict))
Fake smilеs as in the USA. Thanks but NO. Russians have their own culture and mentality. I prefer rare but sincere Russian smilе.
while russia is trying to accept the western values, the west is in the process of incorporating the orient.
while people in orient...scraching their heads.
what are these "bule" (pale people) doing?
Scary movie incoming?! ... 😀
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I think this is not propaganda. It's like that in my country too. People don't feel under pressure to appear pleasant. Also life is tough. So people are worried. They walk around with their serious, worried faces. It's just how it is. They have serious discussions about how things are bad. About jobs and financial problems and that kind of stuff, politics, the future... People are worried about the future. Sometimes also, people get lost in thought, and they don't feel bad about their faces suddenly loosing expression. It's perfectly normal to grin at everyone you see. People that are very happy and too nice, most other people find them weird, and like, what the hell is your problem, suspicious... It just looks fake. Like the person has some kind of agenda.
It's a cultural thing. If someone in America was walking around looking that serious, they would offend people and make them feel uncomfortable. Who knows, maybe, it's good to fake it sometimes :)
LAUGHTER YOGA
Please don't smile, just be yourselves Russians, that's how we love you. Just smile when us 🇲🇽 do funny shit in Russia
Russians will smile even less after watching BBC reports like this....
Hahahaha couldn't help laughing and smiling myself!
Why force a smile?
It reminds me when my parents take a picture of me and they say smile or in school, feels forceful.
Laughter yoga seems like they got possesed by the demon or some shit jesus
What kind of weed did they smoke 😂😂😂😂kwaaaa kwaaaaaa lol
Russian smile goes from soul, but yours - it is only on your face.
Rather than fake american smiles the stoic russian face expression seems more honest , they are what they are nothing fake and filtered
logic is simple - if you smiling you take drugs
Why do Russians look like blonde Asians and Arabs?
Well Russians believe that sentence "smiling without reason is a sign of foolishness"
Well when in American we smile because it's a principal act of greeting someone when your eyes meet other, nothing more more and nothing less.
There is your reason.
What is scarier than Russians is a smiling Russians.
Yep it 100% true in Russia. I got stoped because I was smiling 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
Shocked & surprised & laughing & confused & probably mental ( esp at last part of video ) from Nepal 🇳🇵🙂😘✌
It's the same in England too, they should teach smile classes in schools.
Riccy R why smiling for no reason?? Why if u deep inside dont care but put a fake smile
The smile yoga reminds me of that cult like support group chapter of melvina’s theraphy
Russians only smile if they mean it
No fake smiles
Smiling is ok but this group is insane
Is this a joke?
Основы пропаганды: вычленяете какую-то группу из общества и говорите что все общество обладает такими же характеристиками
A Russian pedestrian tears up a tiger into parts still with a sneaky smile on the face.
1:32 when u get a funny chicken dinner
Все сразу посмотрели на смеющихся и однозначно решили что наркоманы
Teach me how to smile 😫😫😫💔
1:43 -"you guys feeling it now? 🚬🍁"
Even their smile is scary
That was truly terrifying.
😵I think they are right some things🤔
why should we smile😁 if we have no reason
It's good idea to smile if we make our smile in our behaviour in our works in our job then it would be a *real SMILE* 😊
Shocking!
We are smiling when we want smile. :>
But we perceive the "western smiles by duty or commercial" as servile traits and primitive hypocrisy .. :>
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...that was creepy.
Moose n Squirrel.... I loved that show!!!!
I’m sure Russia had their version ✌️😀
What.. the... fuck
Can't blame the police for arresting her 1:02 creepy!!
I'm laughing my head off 😂😂😂 You need to teach people to smile 😏😆 oh my...
If someone smiles all the time as an idiot and say hello of every idiot is his problem.
If someone is miserable and stiff all the time as an idiot is his problem
@@topalbano Thank you but got a problem. I hate west smiling people .
Weird isn't it?
Why it happened in my country?
You converted yet mate ?
+Marta Mortevassal Sorry to burst your bubble but Russia has about the biggest population of muslims of any European country
The government of my country is incompetence, and thank on this our people live in must poor and harder then in another countres. Sorry for my bad English, I know this language a little:(
Данил Ильин They are trying to replace your vodka with soy milk.
Данил Ильин Grow up. It takes some competence to talk about incompetence of your government.
Всем улыбаться - рожа треснет)
The last 30 seconds....
My IQ is actually lower because of it.
Hell yeah, let's get some American cultural Imperialism 😋🇺🇸😋🇺🇸
T WE fuck merica
Reggie Shmeggie Did you say it with a smile😊🇺🇸😙🇺🇸😂🇺🇸
T WE hehe that's funny :)
I actually thought this was fake
Wow dangerous laughing 😂😂