Each day for three days I was allowed to speak once or twice in their largest lecture hall. I taught about Jesus' sermon on the mount, Matthew 5,6,7 to illustrate how that Jesus' teachings would benefit any society. The head of the English department was my translator. It was not unusual for her to stop and explain that they had no word to translate what I was saying. Since the Soviet Union collapsed, conditions are worse for the Russian people.
Conditions are worse in almost every context.
Society is less stable. Their money has almost no value. The pensions of the elderly are not enough to sustain life. The crime rate and the nature of the crimes is unbelievable. Greed and graft rule and control.