It's also too fucking cold. Russian people are generally some of the chillest and friendliest people you can meet, and the country's gorgeous, especially in the summer. Shitty corrupt government mostly leftover from the communist days plus 8 months of freezing your ass off, on top of the language barrier, are why I wouldn't wanna live there. I support the Russian people and culture rather than the Russian government, which stopped being good the moment the Tzar died after being bamboozled into fighting a war he didn't want to fight against another great nation also bamboozled into fighting a war it didn't want to fight.