Russia is not your backyard to speak about Her that way. It's a subject of global politics, not an object as some EU states.
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/researc... - this 9 page flagrant revelation is not so backbreaking, I spent ~25 minutes on its perusal and I'm not an English native speaker. I believe you can do even better than me... if you're so a?u?d?a?c?i?o?u?s? ambitious when it comes to such a thing as world politics.
For the coming years it's Russia, who will ask "What should we do about the U.S.?"
You lost. Accept it. But fear not. Russia doesn't produce such deviant biorobots who are fueling wars, creating "bubbles" of all kinds imaginable, genociding whole ethnic/religious groups to "clean out" the space (usually rich in natural resources) etc.
So nobody will give a damn about some insignificant sheeple.
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nothing, it will take its route same as its predeccesor
it is a third world country already, even thought with a nukes
with sinking ruble and GDP, it is going to be just a supplier of raw materials to China as people said years ago. And current situation with Russia-China gas pipe only proves it.
The economy is sliding into the pit, the oligarchs are distancing themselves from Putin, opposition increases. We wait for Putins next move and continue to stockpile capacity to fight.
As this question posted in Travel, I would say you should decide to travel there or not. Traveling there may be amazing experience. Not to traveling there will keep you warm sleepy, fussy around the edges, and boring right next your computer screen. So choice is yours... =D
Today your situation just more bold and dens then ours but the same.Light mentions of a way to special serves. So all you do is to do with.
Bring back the Soviet Union.
I'm going to mind my own business.
And you?
Cut of them as much as we can. Nothing to really do about.
Nothing.