[ETL]

What I see here is a country in continuous improvement since Putin took the helm.

Wow, you have some seriously f-up standards.

[billakay]

ETL, I'm trying to be civil in this conversation, and you keep reverting to nastiness. I'm challenging your cold-war-cliche-laden assertions with actual, feet-on-the-ground observations, and all you can do is throw insults.

It is pretty obvious that a) you haven't spent much (if any) time in Russia, b) you don't get out of the USA much in general (so you don't really have any good point of reference for a foreign society), and c) you have such a tremendous irrational bias and hate against Russia/Russians that I don't think anyone can really help you.