[Alberta's Child]

Russia’s loss of control in its eastern regions is almost entirely a function of its declining population.

It’s sort of like why normal Americans don’t worry about losing control of Detroit or Gary, Indiana.

[Renfrew]

Good point, but the big difference is there are not 1.5 billion Canadians desperate for land and resources across the Detroit River.

A Russian diplomat once confessed that in the next 50 years Russia would lose Siberia to a China. He said that would be a bad day for Russia, but it would be a worse one for the USA.

He is right: China with Siberia would become a hegemonic power.

It’s why this Ukraine nonsense is a shame. Russia should be working with the West to protect against China.

[The Antiyuppie]

“It’s sort of like why normal Americans don’t worry about losing control of Detroit or Gary, Indiana.”

Those areas have vast and untapped narural resources. Detroit and Gary have few natural, or even unnatural, resources.