>>387
The film is definitely in the guilty pleasure -category, what comes to realism, historical accuracy about trains, gulags, secret police, realations between different nationalities and such. Though I've understood, it was quite cheaply made for the visual quality of the final product.
The busy Moscow livery doesn't help the situation with Ivolga, I think. Either get rid of the red and orange nose and roof or the mega-sized wave pattern that is constantly broken with uni-colored doors. On the trams, that same pattern is sensibly only in the top edge above the windows. Does it happen carry any local significanse, or is it some new top corporate branding, worth millions?
>>403
Not even on the freight side?
That kind of baffling defeatist attitude is everpresent on the /n/ too, like no worth
trying, everything will always be terrible. Yet, the knowledge about the mistakes made in the past decades is out, surely things can't but impreve from this point on?
Btw on the Euro side, the EU is slowly dismantling national rail monopolies. I'm cautiously optimistic this could help the market share of the freight. Doesn't strictly help here though, we would need domestic legislation that would allow easier cross border traffic with Russia. Especially to allow Russian cars to be leased here, if they ever really want competition to VR (and it sadly appears, the current cabinet is very against both ideas).