In this short video it is instantly apparent that Ekaterina is not your average Phuket version of surly isolationism. The remarkable thing about her is her impassioned concern about how divided Russia is right now. The Pattaya encounters we get are those who accumulated enough funds to escape Putin's dictatorship. They are, effectively, 'well-heeled refugees'. Don't expect recently migrated wealth owners, from a country riddled with wrongdoing, to be all sweetness and light.

 

 

Moreover, we all know by now that Putin has a long arm and can murder anyone he chooses. Therefore we should admire the courage of people like Ekaterina (now in Latvia) who speak out on the internet against dictatorship.