Until recently I was living in Russia, and I'm happy to have moved just now despite having to pay $12,000 more in taxes. When I moved to Russia a few years ago

Until recently I was living in Russia, and I'm happy to have moved just now despite having to pay $12,000 more in taxes. When I moved to Russia a few years ago, I was delighted to pay less tax, and dismissed the bad political situation as something that doesn't matter and just a way to save more money before moving somewhere else eventually (the famous "some time later"). Well, now that I've had to move because the said "political situation" has escalated quite rapidly, I can say that having to pay more is a good trade-off [in my eyes] for safety and sanity.