"I've lived and worked there for the past 11 years."
You lived in the wrong places. Should have gone to Chechnya. I suppose Moscow was a quite nice city even in 1943.
I travel all over the Russian Federation and the former Soviet Union. I've seen these things first hand. But you're right - Moscow is quite nice. But nice try to infer I'm living pampered in Moscow!!
And how long have you spent in Chechnya? Probably would have to change your underwear five or six times a day.