AFAIK the attitude of the Russian middle class is like “we don’t care about politics and even if we did, there’s nothing we could do about it anyway, so we’ll just go with the flow and fly under the radar as good as we can.”

This mindset has been formed by the Soviet times and is now becoming more important again.

I really have to disagree with you! Some fundamentalist bigot groups within Christianity might want to murder you, sure. But the entire religion as such certainly wouldn’t.

*surprised Pikachu*

Especially, what are some modern examples of these, but from known brands. Not some shady off-brand “brand”?