Russian vulgarity

[Alan Jacobson]

I've been studing a little bit on Russian socio-cultural traits for a class,
specifically on language and communication. Isn't Putin's comments an example
of (in Russian) "mat" or a kind of general colloquialism that is often sexual
in nature? 

Kind of like if a reporter asked Bush a question and Bush replied "go piss up
a rope."

I'm not sayin', I'm askin'...

Alan Jacobson