Well, it's easy to understand. They are the successful Russians who have escaped to live a better life and who dislike Putin (actually, they don't talk much about it any longer), and there are the poor Russians who cannot escape, and who suffer everyday because of Putin's failure regarding economics growth and job creation. The amazing part is that all those poor Russians shall dislike Putin, but they still like him. They live poorly but something immaterial, unreal, a spiritual invention, their country (!), stays relevant a little while longer. I'm ashamed by my citizenship, and I would be much ashamed too if I were Russian.
As I got you are living not in Russia. So, how do you know what Russians feel, what they think, e.t.c.? Why do you believe that your point of view is the only one deserving to follow? Of course, you have the right to have your own opinion about Russia based on any sources of information you like, but don't speak for Russians because you have no idea.
P.S. You can run away from economic problems, regime, whatever. The only thing you can't run from - yourself.
Running from myself? I don't understand that. People need to run from oppressive regimes, and that's what I did, like my few Russian friends. Everything's nice since then.
You see, you can't understand the simple thing that every Russian knows!
Please explain, then.
I guess both of us are not native English speakers, and "running from oneself" is not something meaningful to me. Or do you think about people with psychological, or identity problems, like some immigrants trying to mix with locals in their new country, but who can't, because of their skin color, or whatever?
I'm not like that. I'm a simple guy, no identity or psycho problems.
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