Obviously economically. I dont know if you have noticed but Russia is doing really bad with its economy. US sanctions did a number to them
"On the other hand, even common sense,
, should prompt people who call themselves "journalists" to merely imagine what would happen to Italy if she, granted my love for Italian culture and football, ever decides to build the space program the size of Russia's, will start building nuclear power stations, maintain state-of-the-art armed forces and, simply, provide decent standard of living for most people in the climate which, as Texas has demonstrated recently, can only be described as a calamity. Even this small list of real industries should give a pause to any journo at best, in a worst case--this list is a good primer for the start of a serious cognitive dissonance. But, no. The spouting of this crap continues unabated, I can remind you another popular cliche--Russia punches above her weight. This is not just the issue of ignorance, albeit this too. It is a classic case of
with Stages 3 (Bargaining) and 4 (Depression) being manifestly present in contemporary American writings, be that by delusional neocons or by those who profess views opposite to neocons'.
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And also if you have the time to read a book or two from the same writer/author perhaps you may be able to revisit your assumptions about the whole Russia is about to collapse peddled by the charlatans of the west. "Losing American Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning" by Andrei Martyanov.
