How eloquently put.

Clearly, I'm not up for the news, so let me ask you a few questions:

You mention North Korea as among the only ones wanting to deal with Putin. What's that about? I haven't heard of any sort of Russia-NK relationship going on. It sounds so outlandish to me to even consider that the world's realest dystopia has anything to do with Russia.

I didn't know Chechnya was Russia's territory now, either. I knew of Dagestan, I knew of Crimea (obviously), but Chechnya I thought was still another country that the Russian troops used to fight within.

Is it really worth it to be put on the worldwide Shit List?

Who is on that list? North Korea, I presume, but who else?

The rest of us are advancing, living in the 21st century, and moving forward

What are the main social, technological and/or cultural differences between "you" (who is that, by the way?) and Russia that you can note?

and the following purge kills off 93% of the people in office

Is that a random number, or are you basing it on some sort of real-life info (like the amount of the real oppositionist members of the government or something)?

Thank you for sharing your perspective. This has been... depressing, but enlightening.