He said heavy metal rock music helped young Russians work out resentment toward the more affluent.
"I think my warm-up wasn't good enough," the young Russian said.
Evidently, internet journals for young Russians are more a form of entertainment than a chance to share their problems.
These young Russians - their numbers are uncountable - have different backgrounds.
But the only way they could do that, they told him, was to teach young Russians how to play the game.
The older and younger Russians followed behind in stony silence.
Conscription remains mandatory, but more than 80 percent of young Russians avoid it.
The scanner cast a blue light onto the young Russian's startled features.
They could have been the same young Russians we had met 4,000 miles away in Fairbanks only the day before.
The visa policy has been a shock to many young Russians.