Exclamation “Well, stupid!” addressed to Americans with the light hand of parodists became Mikhail Zadornov’s “calling card”. The Americans believed so much in this attitude towards them on the part of the Russian satirical writer that they refused him a visa for several years. However, few people know that when he first came to the United States in the late 80s, Mikhail Zadornov was delighted with the Western way of life. Then, in the 90s, having taken a closer look at this country, like all Russians, but noticing a little more than others, he changed his mind. In addition, there was time to take a closer look at my compatriots - former, from the union republics, and current. And in the 21st century, new observations have already accumulated and new conclusions have followed. Because “not everything in America today is perfectly smooth... However, it’s not for us in Russia to condemn them!”