Talk:Koshka Brotherhood/@comment-1854917-20130718163029/@comment-1854917-20140325021145

Sorry for answering the next year at a random time. It's hard to tell, because in some aspects it is accurate, in it's core, mostly but it fails in details often and it distracts from the main plot a little bit. In old tradition such things are called "razvesistaya klyukva" ("the branchy  cranberry", often shortened to just "klyukva") in Post-Soviet space. The term was coined becuase of some unknown french writer's mistake - stories about Russia were popular in France in 19th century and writers were eager but not a specialists in the subject. As a result some of the characters was under the branchy cranberry/klyukva" and it stucked to call such any depiction of Russia/Ukraine/Other Post-Soviet countries and USSR as well which is full of false stereotypes and are often received as unintended comedies here. Perfect examples are "Red Heat" and Russian astronaut played by Stormare in "Armageddon".

Also, Russian, Ukrainian and other Post-Soviet organized crime members who were at some point incarcerated are covered in tatoos, as depicted in "Eastern Promises".