I have met many Russians in Phuket as well as Ukrainians. We were all spending hours in a coworking, doing the usual chitchat and drinking a few cocktails/beers

I have met many Russians in Phuket as well as Ukrainians. We were all spending hours in a coworking, doing the usual chitchat and drinking a few cocktails/beers on the weekend. Nobody really cared. Some had family there. But it's not like you can hate a Russian guy doing the same job as you, living abroad. The guy is not going to overthrow is government or anything. I felt the same vibe when I was pursuing a master degree in China. Taiwanese and Chinese got along pretty well. We were just a bunch of smart kids in our twenties, debating, drinking, sharing stories and exploring life.