pretty scary state. Just picking up those olympic medals and get the f**k out.
People tend to be scared by things
they do not know very well (and thus do not understand)... But once you've learned more about their culture, history, what they think about thesmselves and about others, you would, perhaps, speak differently...
I happen to live under the Russian regime for a few good years , and I couldn't have been more scared of what's capable of doing by not knowing of it.
Scratch "live" , surviving is better.