Russia is an emerging middle class country with a high standard of living. Not every one is prosperous but life is getting better.
It beats food shortages and planned rationing in the Soviet time.
Not it isn’t.... It is about as middle class as Greece. And any one who thinks that things are getting better has certainly swallowed the Putin communist bait.... hook, line, and sinker.
They still have food shortages, food lines, lousy medical care, etc etc
Look at the nonsense that happened during the olympics.... even China pulled it off better than Putin