One of my favorite stories from living in Russia for 1 year is this:  I was outside of Moscow and it was my 2nd day in Russia. We needed to get on an "Electrichka" and I was so in awe of how cool Russia was. I was standing on the platform and then the electrichka comes and the doors open and as I start to get on, 5 or 10 people try to get off really fast and push me out of the way. As an American I think " there must be an emergency on the train, maybe a fire or something" then I watch all the people jump into another wagon. I was soooo confused so I ask my friend Yelena what in the world was that all about. She tells me they are called rabbits and they don't want to pay for tickets so they run around the controller. I asked don't the conductors know these people do this? She said yes but they don't care. In USA this would be a big fine if you get caught so I figured wow it must be a HUGE fine in Russia so I ask what the fine is if you are caught. She says 45 rubles... basically $1.50 at that time. I laughed and realized I needed to stop thinking like an American.