Comment by scarfacedeb

It's definitely not a whole picture, but it's rather accurate view of the countryside and abandoned villages. I live in Tyumen and it's not that bad, thanks to the gas and oil industry. But I visited a couple of villages and _it seems to me_ that this article is rather accurate portray of the average out-of-the-city life in Russia.

I think that it's written as propaganda, but it doesn't change the facts.