"Russo turisto, obliko morale!" - "Russian tourists do not have morals!"

...says the phrase of a famous russian movie. 43 years passed since the movie "The Diamond Arm", that mentiones the quote was filmed, but did we russian tourists actually changed?

Not everyone, unfortunately. This I can say because sooo many times there are situations that I am embarrassed to say: "I'm one of yours!"

For example, reading my favorite website www.snob.ru  I found something that shocked me!

While Dmitri Medvedev had a meeting in Brussels with the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, Svetlana Medvedeva, his wife was getting around the Bruges.

 - Svetlana Medvedeva was late for a meeting with the Governor of Bruges for two hours without even warning anybody beforehand. People that were accompanying her, said that she needed rest.
- She booked a table for 20 people at a Michelin three-starred restaurant Karmeliet, but never appeared there and didn't cancel the order either. Instead she came to Duc do Bourgogne and, according to the staff of the place, was changing the order several times, after the cooks were already starting to prepare it!

- Insisted on buying a eighteenth century's lace, which was decoration of the museum shop, and wasn't even for sale!
- Visited the museum of chocolate, accompanied by twenty bodyguards!

Since then the Belgians call her: "De grootste lastpost in jaren" - the biggest nuisance in years!!

When the local mayor congratulated her on Russia's successful bid to host the 2018 World Cup, she reportedly upset him by baldly stating: "The winner takes all." Belgium mounted a joint bid with the Netherlands to host the competition and was one of the countries that lost out to Russia. She also hit the headlines last month after a leaked US cable published by WikiLeaks claimed that she was causing tension inside the Russian government and had blacklisted officials who she thought should be made to "suffer" in their careers because they were disloyal to her husband. (telegraph.co.uk)

on the 1st photo: Dmitri Medvedev and his wife Svetlana
2nd photo: Svetlana Medvedeva
Photo source: allboatsavenue, telegraph/uk
Source: snob, telegraph.co.uk