I worked with Russians, Ukrainians, along with several from the former Soviet Bloc.
Never seen one that wished they'd never left...
I've no desire to visit just to say "I have seen it." So what?
Living there with no foreseeable future... That tells a real story.
People that
visit can't really know a hell of a lot more than people who left there. Forever.
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.