I had/have Russian family roots that go back to NYC and do not approve of any resulting relatives giving you such a bad time. However, from the tone of your words I take you just do not like Russians besides wanting to take them down a notch or two. I don’t know the character of your Russian ‘friends’ but I do know that Russia has produced some very noteworthy artists, scientists and authors. I myself have had a very excellent education at one of top world universities. With all this said I wouldn’t trade one bit of what the USA has afforded my family for a life in Russia.
I don’t even want to get into the first influx of Russians we had in the late 70s - the poor Russians! They flooded our NYC hospitals and immediately got on welfare, food stamps and Medicaid.