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No,Putin does not have 86% approving rating alleged by Putin's propaganda machine. Feels like half of it. Most people I know in Russia do not support him. "As many as half of all the votes reported for Vladimir Putin in Russia’s presidential election last week were fraudulent, according to Russian independent media reports using a statistical method devised by analyst Sergey Shpilkin to estimate the extent of voter manipulation"...

You can use apps from revanced net site to have free Premium YouTube (revanced YouTube app+revanced Micro G app combination, can also be installed with the help of revanced Manager). Almost all features of your YouTube account including history... You can download any YouTube video with NewPipe app (it's free open source app and published outside of Play Market). Though no your YouTube account watch history in this app.

No need to exaggerate - most of Russian people don't live like that - and never experienced such misarable views in their lives. Lots of regions, small towns and villages are abandoned or half-abandoned now - as many especially young people have moved to bigger towns or cities. I would say the life in Russian big cities is much more comfortable than in Thailand though the climate in some areas like Eastern or Northern part of Russia is tough. There are often no differences between life in the Russian big cities and life in Western Europe.

Some of them living an idle life, some of them working remotely. Some of them working remotely, some of them have pre-saved capital, some of them are funded from abroad. Some of them stay for years (elite, student, retirement, tourist visas), some of them stay for 3 months of visa free period, some of them come on package chartered tours especially in winter. No. Half of people (less or more) don't support the war - why should they fight at it? They think it is not protective war for Russia so no remorses for them...

Holiday - no, but many Russian companies now allow to work remotely (for example IT companies, travel companies tarificators, web designers, accountants, any back office managers etc etc).

Also try to search it on Airbnb. I think there is an advantage often not to pay a 1-2 months deposit to the owner compared to other ways of renting.