There is no polite address like “sir” or “miss” in Russian. In the Soviet Union, people addressed each other as “comrade”. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, they stopped using this word. Now Russians address strangers using the words “man” and “woman”.
In theory, the rules of etiquette are the same for everyone, but in fact, the attitude towards foreigners may be different in countries with a conservative culture. There are very complex rituals of greeting, farewell, etc. in Korea and Japan, but locals often don’t bother with all these difficulties when communicating with foreigners. This makes sense: most foreigners wouldn’t understand that anyway.
