Or, as they say, "living the grind."
Flying cars and super-duper implants are definitely not in the cards, but poverty and tightening the screws – that's something we're experts at.
The whole problem is that Russia can't (or won't) use the achievements of high technology to improve comfort and safety. They still live like cave gremlins.
И пока в кармане пачка милкиуэйев - значит все не так уж плохо на сегодняшний день