content: Jewtin's been terrible for Russia outside of being a strong-man. The non-private military sucks and anyone who can afford to dodge it (through some fake medical diagnosis, lawyers, or bribes) dodges it. Corruption is completely normal and accepted. The military is corrupt (the only useful thing they do is construction work for corrupt generals), the police are all corrupt and accept bribes, and a huge amount of businessmen are (((mafia))) members. Also the average Russian actually earns about $11,162 (IMF) per year which is slightly more than Mexico. Russia isn't a complete shithole, but it's pretty close.