When Russia had communism, they attracted a lot of naive adherents around the world. Where are they going to get anything like that today? What group is going to march to support Putin’s right to steal all the money?
Besides, their population is shrinking, and their GDP is smaller than Italy’s. Their military is a fraction of what it was in the 50s and 60s.
“Besides, their population is shrinking, and their GDP is smaller than Italy’s. Their military is a fraction of what it was in the 50s and 60s.”
Russia is dead.
Putin nothing more than the graveyard caretaker of a dead and buried empire.