Expats in Ukraine or Russia, how is life?

I don't live there, but I visit very often (at least once a year lately) and have visited regularly since the mid-90s (my family immigrated from there in the early 90s). I think in many ways the quality of life in the big cities (St. Petersburg and Moscow) is higher for the upper middle class (typical tech worker) there than in the US. Cleaner, safer streets and public transport, better services, convenient hours, better/easier access to quality healthcare (I'd still do advance surgery outside the country). The problems are the corruption, potential political instability and red tape that chokes private business. I'd live there (just need to convince my Russian wife ;) ).

Since when do people move to Russia to find love, more like find a gold diggie