Just the opposite has happened [u]in reality [/u]in US, which is known to those who attend the shows and show dogs under Russian judges in US: Russian judges are very strict in their judging of US (and European) dogs! Kirkitskaya judged 19 Ovcharka in the US and the judging took hours. She wrote brutal evaluations, she disqualified several dogs, threw them from the ring, gave few "Excellent" ratings, rated most dogs "Good" or "Very good only", and told the crowd that she was being generous in her ratings because most of the dogs in front of her were too fat! She vigorously chastized one exhibitor for bringing an especially small CO in front of her, gave the dog a "Very Good" rating based on structure, but told the owner publically that if she had her measure stick with her she would probably disqualify the dog based on height. Other FCI judges at the show expressed amazement at the strictness of Kirkitskaya's judging. Kirkitskaya wrote her results, with photos, on the internet and shared them with collegues in Russia and around the world. This US event was [u]videotaped.[/u] Kirkitskaya's judging in Germany has likewise been very strict. There she downgraded German Champions of the Breed to "Very Good" ratings much to the astonishment of some of the exhibitors. Revaz judged a CO during an east coast show, awarded the dog placement, but withheld the CAC so the dog could not advance to group! Some years later, Polivanov, impressed with the quality of US CO brought in front of him, reported same to his collegues from Moscow to Siberia. His words: [u]that the dogs in the US brought in front of him were good enough to win in competition in Russia[/u]. Brankovic has rated US CO in the range from "Good" to "Excellent". He has had no qualms in openly discussing faults of the dogs in front of him during seminar. There is a [u]videotape[/u] of his seminar doing just that.