I've been to Russia numerous times on business (pre-war). I've also (unfortunately) interacted with Russian people countless times on international business, and the wealthier Russians who travel for vacation to places like Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, the way us North Americans travel to the Carribean.
I maintain my opinion that it's an orc'like culture of sycophants, drunks, neurologically "unexercised" (I'm being kind) unhealthy people, many of whom live in woeful poverty that they brought onto themselves. They have horrendous life expectancy (especially their men) compared to their Western counterparts, largely due to their horrible diets, alcoholism and lack of available healthcare (again, their fault). The minority in the country, that does realize that they live in a shithole, have no power to speak out, or they actually end up dying in comedic ways that you'd only otherwise see in a movie or read in a book. Who falls down a flight of stairs, through a 4th storey window, after committing suicide via multiple gunshots? It's actually laughable.
Do you know what the most telling fact is surrounding Russia and the truth of it being a shithole that the people of Russia are responsible for creating?... All of their best athletes that play international sports and many of their top business people live elsewhere. Places like USA, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Dubai, etc. Those that are lucky enough to make it out rarely go back other than to visit family.
Of the countries I mentioned above, how many of their most successful people call Russia their home? The number is near zero. Why? Because we are home to far better places to live than among the degenerate majority that forms the Russian populous.