Really? So if life in North Korea is comparable to US "for some people", you will happily draw an equal sign?
I think your patriotism is getting in the way of your perception of reality.
There are lots of things wrong with the US. That said, on the whole Russia is vastly worse.
Citation needed. America sucks, and has done the most, except china, to counter the ideals of the internet. That aside, in all areas of life, Russia may be more obvious, but the US policies and practices are insidious and equally twisted.
I didn't like the overflowing criminality, despair, and poverty of Russian society. In Moscow, the color gray dominates.