“Russia with 12 time zones is I’m much better position to survive nuclear war”
Nonsense. 75% of the Russian population is west of the Ural mountains, which is only about 23% of Russian territory. In the other 77% of Russian territory are some large swaths where “Russians” are not the majority.
Putin initiating a nuclear war exchange could end up resulting in the disintegration of Russia as a unified “Russian” state.
100 % of European population is densely packed in a small area.