You are just comparing one tax without viewing the whole situation. For example in Russia and Ukraine it's very high tax on cars. It's 2-4x the cost of the same car in Europe. Also you are forced to use national currency and they are printing it like crazy. Hrivna inflated from it's creation to noverdays 27x. So I wouldn't say the combined robbery from the government is less in Russia/Ukraine. But the bright side is it's easier and safer not to pay part of them then in most of developed countries.
Apart from imported cars, the overall prices for stuff seems reasonable in Russia, when compared to those in India. But still, I am not sure as I have never been to that country. But this 13% tax rate is too good to be true. And the biggest irony is that tax evasion is still widespread in Russia, despite the tax rates remaining this much lower.
