The truth is not in the news (propaganda). Are you warm in the winter, are your neighbors? Are you hungry, is your extended family. The US and Russian citizens know these truths.
The issue is myths like emigration is poisoning the blood. Of course man kinds evolution has massive “mixing” of blood for 100,000 years. Or check out your 23 and me.
This myth is right up there with intelligence of different races. The bell curve is the same for all.
China and India have more high IQ folks than the US. However those folks are no longer as suppressed by myths of caste systems and Mao’s red book. So the US H 1B is in competition with rising freedom in India and China.
Trump is a fool and is leading the US to insane rules that ignore reality. You can see where this game ends by looking at Russia.