Meengla
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Chechen is also at the west of the Urals.
I know. But of course I was referring to the Christian/White European Russia roughly west of the Urals which is very distinct from the Caucasus Muslim regions like Chechnya.
Yeah I know, Albanians in the region are not fond of it. I walked into a take away food place once in Macedonia in an Albanian majority city (me not knowing it was Albanian), and greeted the workers with a "good evening" which is the same in Serbian, Bosnian, Russian, ukrnaian. and the whole restaurant stopped and turned around and looked at me.
If I went to KKK meeting and soured Allahuakbar! I would not have has such a response.
So I sat there and ate my food and it wasn't long before I was greeted by a customer who politely inquired where I was from. and then he just got up and told everyone I'm a Bosnian and they all just laughed.
Albanians are not concerned about Russian threats one little bit. But we'll see what the Americans do about the migs
I don't know how my account relates to what you are saying because I don't know the ethnic sensitivities of the Balkans much but here it is: Once on a multiday ocean cruise there was a young bartender which had 'Macedonia' written on his badge. So I asked him, naively: "Are you from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia?' (FYOM. I had probably heard that in some blog or something like that). The guy glared at me and said: "You must be from Greece!". After that, no apology or extra tips would please him and he remained barely courteous to me for rest of the cruise!!