Agree. Not many people notice it, but I was born in Russia - though I have been living abroad for the last, what is it, 10 years? Feels like half of my life, though I may be exaggerating. And, while Internet allows to keep in touch with people staying inside Russia, the same contact highlights the difference in propaganda we are consuming.

Yes, Russians may be close to the level of Chinese when issues of piracy and hacking are considered, and that's crime. But there is the other side of the coin, too: they develop ReactOS, open-source replacement of Windows. There should be no surprise when they want to use something different (like Sailfish OS) instead of Android: just like North Korea with Red-Hat Linux, they fiercely want to avoid relying on their would-be enemies. I am not emphasizing the Yota because their devices have "usual" software (Android) and afaik closed hardware.

I am not proud of current policy of Russian Federation. I am not proud of the last several decades of politics within Russia and USSR - I have not seen USSR, but I have heard of its slow decay. But that does not mean that I will forget the past, or not care about the future, of Russia and whatever it becomes part of. But I am not going to destroy myself in vain attempts to interfere with the juggernaut of destruction that was unleashed somehow within these vast lands. I am away; that means that I hopefully do not feed it, by taxes or otherwise; and maybe, some time later I will be knowledgeable enough to interfere with the war and fire... It is not going to get better; it can easily get worse, within the growing crisis of overpopulation, lack of resources, pollution, deforestation and global heating. The only way forward is space; it would relieve the pressure on natural resources...

And now that's entirely off-topic. Trying to get back on topic: I am hoping that most people remember that best chess players and ice skaters used to be from USSR ;-) Maybe, still are, but I am not following world championships closely.

We are between the fire and ice/Мы между пламенем и льдом,
As iceberg overturns, not once,/И айсберг вновь перевернётся,
And will in fire such we survive/Но выжить ли в пожаре том
As above the Earth in flare will rise?/Что над Землёю факелом взовьётся?

Somewhere tiger stretches muscles,/Где-то разминает мышцы тигр,
Somewhere slivers, splinters gather,/Где-то собираются осколки,
But who knows possibly the words/Но кто знает найдутся ли слова
To raise majestic swan from glass pieces?/Чтоб из стекла поднялся величавый лебедь?
Somewhere lion swings his paw/Где-то машет лапой лев,
And wounds accidentally his ear,/Что сам себе поранил ухо,
Somewhere desert prairie sways,/Где-то колышется пустынная степь,
Who knows who will rise out of it?/Кто знает кто из неё поднимется?
Somewhere poisoned net is spread out/Где-то раскинута отравленная сеть
Of jellyfish, the old lion mane,/Медузы старой львиной гривы,
Somewhere close by a barracuda/Где-то рядом барракуда
Against neighbours has a grudge,/На соседей точит зубы,
And a penguin rests/И отдыхает пингвин
Amidst volcano graves,/Среди вулканов могил,
As koala chews leaves.../А коала жуёт листву...
Will it turn into anteater/Обернтся ли она в ехидну
In the approaching world war?/В грядущую мира войну?