[Zhang Fei]

[It is great that you mentioned South Korea. South Korea was the nation which has the best perception of modern Russia as for a several years ago among all nations. It seems like South Korean is not buying Western propaganda on the issue.]

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Pew has Russia not doing all that well. I expect it’s the usual Russian media problem with the truth:

https://www.pewglobal.org/database/indicator/27/country/116/
https://www.pewglobal.org/database/indicator/2/country/116/

Now, I’m sure there’s some sense in which what the article you read is true, just as Bill Clinton did not have sex with Ms Lewinsky. It’s just not true in the normal usage of the words printed.

[NorseViking]

Nominal GDP rating is the remnant of the USD dominance myth.
Japanese or South Korean wives travelling to Russia and enjoying the better quality of life at less the nominal income are one example. So are the Israelis moving to Russia for tech jobs.