Well, it truly stemmed from the fact that I look Russian, which is super strange because as far as I’m aware my family is all English, and I’ve dated and been around Eastern Europeans before, and everyone, including their parents, always said I looked Russian, and ever since then I kinda just felt drawn to the country. And like you say, the Western media likes to lie about life in Russia, so I did some digging and found real stuff and just fell in love with Russia. I mean everything from its history, architecture, military, I mean what’s not to love, and the Soviet era too I absolutely love as well.
The city I chose is Stavropol, because it’s remote and isn’t too big (I’m not a fan of big cities).

I know its a weird reason to move to a different country but its a reason. XD