https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/donbas-realii-putin-i-myr-na-donbasi/30079617.html
https://www.inopressa.ru/article/29Jul2019/huffingtonpost/s400.html
https://ru.krymr.com/a/vahtang-kikabidze-eto-chistoy-vodi-okkupacia/30079635.html
Just how much better might not become clear for a few years yet
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5D3ACC81D09B3