And lets remember what the British Empire has become....the legacy of its sins foreign and domestic?
Let's not underhandedly imply that the countries of the former Soviet space or its satellites around the world still under communism's lingering impact are doing better. (Ahem North Korea, Cuba, etc...as examples.)
If you want to single out Russia - the country has a long way to go before it deals with its: low birthrate, keeping the Islamic republics of Chechnya and Dagestan in check, building peace in East Ukraine, and getting their neighbors like Poland to trust them again. Countries like Armenia struggled for years under Russia's shadow, but like Georgia, Kazakhstan, and others - are only now gaining a sense of themselves again and de-communizing.
Also in terms of the Middle East, the Soviet Union did *more* damage than the Brits/Americans in its KGB efforts to befriend Arabs, destroy Israel, and its propping up of brutal Soviet-friendly dictators with their failed socialist economics leading to chaos down the road. Much of which we see at work today.