How are the Russians staying in Thailand so long? (Visa question)

As an American who lives abroad, and wants to live in Thailand…. my biggest obstacle is the visa. Best I can do is 90 days on a tourist visa…. And even then I stress about it because I have about 15 years of tourist visas in my record.

How are the Russians living in Thialand without issue? Theres a huge influx of Russians right now… But even before this, Pattaya and Phuket always felt like theres more Russians than even Thai people.

Whats their visa secret? Someone give me the cheat codes.

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