And there are many other unpleasant things, like annoying little yahoos, Cunning Villainous Oligarchs, the largest gap in the world between the rich and the poor, streams of the most TERRIBLE Americanized!1 garbage from television, diluted with Orthodoxy and fervent ultra-patriotism, and, as already mentioned, consumerism, which I personally consider the main vice and the stone that drags down any endeavors.
Although, yes, life is now freer, until you encounter the authorities.