[BobL]

“34-year-old “student”. Okay....”

...and studying ‘law’ there? Sounds more like an ACTIVIST to me.

[billakay]

It sounds like she just decided to move to Russia after visiting and enjoying the lifestyle. Law is a great, highly respected profession in Russia, and you pretty much have to study it there as their system is significantly different from the US/English Common Law.

I spent a year and a half in Russia (2017-2018) and had a hard time making the decision to come back to the USA. The slightly older-fashioned lifestyle and general personal liberty that the average person can have is very attractive, especially if you live outside of a giant city.

I'm actually in Russia right now, for a nice summer vacation (had to skip last year because of CCP virus).