violence

It's common here to kick dogs, and of course, children punch as they do everywhere, but the young men around here seem to be fairly willing and ready for fist fight, any time, any place. For instance, I was on a marshrutka (bus) coming into the city, and two guys hadn't paid. It was very obvious who hadn't paid, but they affected righteous indignance anyway. So one of them paid (about 20 cents). But 15 minutes later when he got off the bus, he punched the guy who collects the money, and then his buddy also began to pick a fight. Which, of course, makes someone right and very cool as well.