Trying to be as brief as possible:

• do women feel safe walking alone at night? - sure, why wouldn't they?
• do children play in the streets unafraid of a world only their parents know of? - yes, they do, a lot.. they are only limited by geographic conditions (majority of Russia surely is a cold place)
• do hard working honest people have a chance to move beyond where they started? - err, that sort of depends.. don't make a mistake, Russia is a cruel capitalist market.. you risk a lot, you win a lot.. or lose everything.. the times where mafia shot you in the street and nothing happened are those of the Yeltsin era (90s).. but, generally, I'd say that the possibilities for an American dream are more limited in Russia than in the States.. but also the social safety net is more dense - especially health insurance policy..
• is there's freedom to speak truth without reprocesson? - it sort of depends on what your standard is.. Is there a freedom of expression in the United States, as we speak? that can't be answered that easily.. if you're a nobody, then you can talk about what you want.. but once you apply for a higher public position, then you have to start howling with the wolves.. and if you try to fvck up the system, then the system will crush you.. just like in the States..

The most significant difference would be that in the States you can't openly bash the LGBT or BLM policies.. in Russia, it's rather the opposite, it's not explicitly forbidden rather than not advisable to openly promote these ideologies.. Putin is a very strong advocate of a traditional family and general public follows this quite closely (outside of Moscow, that is)..

Trying to be as brief as possible:

• do women feel safe walking alone at night? - sure, why wouldn't they?
• do children play in the streets unafraid of a world only their parents know of? - yes, they do, a lot.. they are only limited by geographic conditions (majority of Russia surely is a cold place)
• do hard working honest people have a chance to move beyond where they started? - err, that sort of depends.. don't make a mistake, Russia is a cruel capitalist market.. you risk a lot, you win a lot.. or lose everything.. the times where mafia shot you in the street and nothing happened are those of the Yeltsin era (90s).. but, generally, I'd say that the possibilities for an American dream are more limited in Russia than in the States.. but also the social safety net is more dense - especially health insurance policy..
• is there's freedom to speak truth without reprocesson? - it sort of depends on what your standard is.. Is there a freedom of expression in the United States, as we speak? that can't be answered that easily.. if you're a nobody, then you can talk about what you want.. but once you apply for a higher public position, then you have to start howling with the wolves.. and if you try to fvck up the system, then the system will crush you.. just like in the States..

The most significant difference would be that in the States you can't openly bash the LGBT or BLM policies.. in Russia, it's rather the opposite, it's not explicitly forbidden rather than not advisable to openly advocate these ideologies..