I've always thought that Russia was a neat country. I'd like to visit there someday. I've got a lot of resepect for the Russian people. Somehow I think the story would be different in the middle east if the terrorists had flown a plane into a building in Moscow.
History seems to teach us a lesson: Don't mess with Russia!
I'd like to visit Siberia along with St. Petersburg. Lenin Square in Yakutsk is looking kind of run-down though: