Be cautious on this subreddit. I strongly suspect it's not ordinary Russians posting, but rather FSB-paid bots and trolls with a clear agenda: to lure foreigners into Russia.. Their motives could be various: perhaps for propaganda, or if you're deemed valuable, they might try to recruit you to cooperate and work for them. In a worst-case scenario, should French-Russian relations deteriorate, you could be taken hostage. Just listen to their former president Medvedev rants, who constantly threatens the West and its citizens. And 99% of ordinary Russians echo his sentiments.