The seats folding forward actually have a great function... they serve as the picnic tables for your fellow passengers to lay out their tomatoes, cucumbers, sausage and bread along with the inevitable bottles of vodka and mineralnye, or cartons of Sok. Contribute something yourself and you'll be invited to have a feast. Ever noticed those coat hooks that seem not to work as they are upside down?... thats because they are bottle cap openers!!! and some people thing that Russians are backward!!!
