For those who thought the Tu154 is like something from a past generation, here's inside the cabin of one, with a pleasant multilingual Rossiya flight attendant beyond. Looks pretty well up to standard to me
Incidentally, Russian crews are known within the country for competence in landing well, and to tell the truth I never had anything other than a greaser from them on the former Soviet types, even landing in a blizzard, which of course they are experts in. The substantial and solid landing gear of the old types of course helps