It will be vastly worse off under Russia.
Russia is the definition of corruption, as it permeats the entire society. The only reason modern Russia works at all is because it is a petro-state.
Ukraine has the option of joining the EU and, eventually, becoming a normal country, not a despised province of a despotic monstrosity.
I disagree. I think it will flourish under Russia (it certainly won’t under the EU unless it drastically changes how it operates, and that isn’t going to happen given the past 32 years. That’s like expecting America’s major cities to start spontaneously electing Trump Republican Mayors). These negative claims against Russia simply are just that. They have their act together far more than the United States does at the present time.