[BroJoeK]

JonPreston: "The Russian speaking East, with it’s rich farmland and mineral resources, has been annexed.
NATO can keep the rest, including Kiev.
Why would Russia want to govern people who are takers rather than workers?"

So far as I know there are no nations on earth with lower birthrates or lifespans than Russians themselves, to the point where Russian-Russians will in time, if not already, become a minority in their own Evil Empire.
The conquest of Ukraine then was seen as a way to shore up Russia's own population and economic base.

Vlad the Invader did not expect to find Ukrainians so fiercely opposed to "Mother Russia's" murderous embrace.
Now he's committed and so must either "rule or ruin" Russia's alleged Ukrainian subjects.

[JonPreston]

Here's a good election plan for conservative Republicans, and one that fixes our low birth rate.

A family receiving their first child in Russia would get 587 thousand Russian rubles from the government within the maternity (family) capital program in 2023. The maternity capital benefits ("материнский капитал" in Russian) saw an increase in recent years and were planned to be indexed every year until 2025.

www.statista.com › statistics › 1023323 Maternity capital Russia 2023 | Statista

[fieldmarshaldj]

Wrong.

[blitz128]

And the Ukrainians have a long memory as well as Tatars as to how that will play out.

Love when these folks talk about how these regions are full of ethnic Russians (again ask Tatars about Russians in Crimea and how they become a majority), so they rightfully belong in and part of Russia , cool plan

Decades of soviet rule and the displacement ,as nice of a term as I can come up with, of Ukrainian indigenous peoples, and replaced by russians, oh my gosh miracle majority ethnic Russians