Perhaps just play the Russian-language versions of the games you already do? In the past, some games have had multiple languages available, I don't know if developers are still doing that apart from the region-specific copies, though. Edit: Maybe Stalker and Metro 2033 come in readily-switchable-to-Russian modes?
Whaha, telling someone that Russian is the opposite of useful and then pointing them at a language not existing(Chinese?) might come off as a bit rash and condescending. Even though I think most people get your point and stance on the question I just felt like correcting some parts whilst disagreeing with you on others!…
Well, even do I do agree that the situation in the east in general might appear extremely bleak atm, I don't think that the situation is bleak to the extent that chances of a revolt/reform/ or generally speaking having a redistribution of power that is profitable for the people of said countries. Lots of thinks can change…
The easiest way for learning a language is if you also like the culture that comes with it. It's easy if you like their music and you can play it all day long and listen to lyrics and radio shows. It helps if you're interested in what's going on in that country because you'll want to watch / read the news in their…
Im sort of getting angry at google translator already (I use it to check my sentences) but that translated straight to "I have taken the initiative to learn Norwegian" I know its not direct switching out words, as I've already experienced with onsker ikke and ville ikke, sorta comes out as "would not" and "want not (do not…
if you can familiarize yourself with cyrillics, it's going to be somewhat easy to read Russian; however, the pronunciation is different from English (closer to German probably), and there's a lot of underlying grammar crap you'll have to learn (we have a fair share of that); unless you know someone irl who has a decent…