Could you imagine old Paranoid Pants living there - he'd crack up.Mr Putin maintains power by institutionalising a balance between private sector gangsterism, state corruption, ruthless oppression of dissent, and an appeal to traditional Soviet values. The Russian citizens know it, and keep their heads down. Access to information is controlled by state media systems. They know they're being lied to but have no alternative.
The FT on "keeping their heads down"
Russia’s dissenters choose passive resistance
https://www.ft.com/content/ddc75502-a02a-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2
and a fictional article about the future, based on the past and present
The tsar’s revival of Moscow’s global influence proved a sham
https://www.ft.com/content/e5f89222-9adf-11e6-8f9b-70e3cabccfae
Both these articles contain too many words for people who like the red-tops.