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It's certainly a country at the nexus of many dimensions.

What's the significance of wearing Koloradka? It looks like something christian priests wear, I don't think I understand.

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Koloradka originally was tsarist Russia reward. Later it was revived by soviets in WW2, but not used much after the war. Then Putin revived it as a symbol of continuous history of tsarist Russian empire, USSR and his regime. Nowadays it's a symbol of modern Russian imperialism with a historical flavor.

In those parts of europe where both tsarist Russia and Soviet union were occupiers and now Putin is a threat, koloradka is pretty much on the same rank as nazi symbols.

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