From my perspective, living in one of those highly corrupt governments, it's better to be in the EU and subject to the occasional malicious application of an ot

From my perspective, living in one of those highly corrupt governments, it's better to be in the EU and subject to the occasional malicious application of an otherwise well-meant law, that does benefit actual legitimate governments, than to be out of the EU and under Russian control with completely unchecked corruption. The hope is that over time, the mafia will grow into a form that steals money in the usual manner of western societies, skimming a bit off the top (e.g. tax fraud, etc.) and otherwise leaving a normally functioning society, rather than just taking everything and telling us to eat shit.