It is not about "country is run by idiots" like you said. It is about behaviour of ordinary people and their moral standarts.
Note, Hanna, this says the person living in "cultural capital" of Russia. Try to imagine, what do people in less lofty places feel. So much hatred, so little respect, and constant readiness to attack. Animals behave more politely.
Russia may be anyhow rich and successful in geopolitical affairs, but our people will never benefit of it. It is "by design".