Do you know that career opportunities in Moscow, despite being less great than in 2005, are dramatically brighter than anywhere in Europe (can't tell for the US)?
I left Moscow for Vienna 4 years ago. In Moscow some of my former classmates (in their late 20s) are managing departments in Big Four companies; in Vienna people spend 20 years working at the same desk.
When oil prices are high, the opportunities are booming. Young middle-class career-builders sure consider Russia as a temporary location ("I'll leave as soon as I'll be able to") and their children will attend Western universities and will stay some other place forever, but certainly idea about overthrowing this government is a last thought in their heads now.
I left Moscow for Vienna 4 years ago. In Moscow some of my former classmates (in their late 20s) are managing departments in Big Four companies; in Vienna people spend 20 years working at the same desk.
When oil prices are high, the opportunities are booming. Young middle-class career-builders sure consider Russia as a temporary location ("I'll leave as soon as I'll be able to") and their children will attend Western universities and will stay some other place forever, but certainly idea about overthrowing this government is a last thought in their heads now.