jorgander

• How much do advanced prosthetics such as the DEKA one cost?
• About the nerve controlled prosthetics - would you do it if there were a chance for temporary/permanent damage? For example, if the nerve endings rejected the artificial connection and you had to lose more of your real limb. I don't know much about neuroprosthetics, I just imagine that as a new science it is more risky than established ones.
• Does it bother you if people stare or ask questions (i.e. when you're out in pubic)?

Not to hijack OP's thread, but since the question has been asked several times, it should be understood that regulation is not the silver bullet everyone thinks it is. Take this chart for example; it's easy to see that industries where regulation, and in general, intervention, by the government have become more expensive, less accessible, and less relevant.

Is it understood, either explicitly or implicitly, that sitting at the bar is an invitation for a girl to walk up and talk to you, and possibly more? Another way of asking the same questions: can the bar serve the purpose of any other bar where a guy goes there just for drinks, or only as a facilitator for sex work?

... or even for being mad at me directly

Really? You wouldn't fault someone for holding you directly responsible for something your ancestors did?

I am American and my fiancee lives in Moscow, and we have an in-progress visa application to bring her to the US. I visit her every few months and have been to St. Petersburg where her family lives. Also we have been to Crimea last November (Simferopol, Yalta, and Sevastopol) and Novosibirsk via the trans-Siberian railroad just last week.

Never once have I felt threatened or afraid. While not fluent in Russian, I speak to cashiers, waiters, and such, so it's no mystery that I'm American. That being said, we typically don't go to bars, clubs, or other places where you might run into aggressive people.