We had a short talk and I mentioned that it perplexed me how some Russian people seem to know nothing about the basic concepts of economics. I mentioned that some of them think that money has an infinite nominal value that will never reach zero, when in reality, it is always finite and there is always a zero point, even if you're rich. Yanis acknowledged my point and mentioned that Russians don't tend to think about the future or have any long term planning skills. They just live for the moment, and if it means spending all their money in one day, then so be it. What a warped form of logic for an intelligent culture, I thought.
This guy is the king.