Very true! I was a military man for many years. When I'd heard colleagues war mongering against Russia I'd say, "Why are you scared of Russia? Russia is a walking corpse. The ONLY reason Russia is still a major international player is because Putin is a freakin genius. Give it a few years, and Russia is just going to fade away."
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Russia wouldn't even exist if the US hadn't gave them grain to feed their people in the sixties and seventies.
Very true! And that's something few people know. Going back even further, the Soviet Union would never have existed without support from Wall Street and other wealthy Westerners. It makes you wonder.
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That is exactly what the demographics say. Russia is going to be a shell of itself in 20 years. There is no way to get around it unless they significantly reverse the low fertility rate. Of course, that is near impossible as more women leave the child bearing years.
It just becomes an endless cycle. Russia never recovered from the human losses during WW1. That just kept feeding into future generations. Then Stalin didnt help matters there either.
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