Yes, that's true. As befits the fact that your average Russian is, sad to say, invariably little more than a morose pagan alcoholic. Some decent (if melancholic) literature, a few generally bombastic composers, and a handful of ballet dancers does little to disguise the fact that, culturally, Russia is awash in backwards peasants who've long struggled to join the 20th century, much less the 21st.
The people here who hold up Putin, and "Mother Russia," as the last bastion of "white, Western, Christian values" are ridiculous clowns.
Is that the prevailing view at Ft Meade?
“The people here who hold up Putin, and “Mother Russia,” as the last bastion of “white, Western, Christian values” are ridiculous clowns.”
There can be multiple themes running through a society concurrently, some even in conflict. It is possible to find a slice of the Russian demographic that is consistent with the above.