Mentality

"A European official was giving an unofficial speech to a Russian official. First, the European spoke in German (his native language), then in French (the language of diplomacy), then in English (the international language) and finally in Latvian (the only other language he knew) - - The Russian official didn't understand a word in any language and said to his staff: 'See, how stupid and lazy they are that they don't speak Russian.' " - - - That is the Russian mentality.