[Kazan]

Sure, Denny, the sanctions miserably failed for more than three years and, now, are suddenly going to work!

Russian Derangement Syndrome retards the mind every bit as much as Trump Derangement Syndrome does.

There is no scenario where Ukraine gets any territory back. And, it's becoming increasingly likely it will lose everything east of the Dnieper river and, probably, Odessa, too.

There is no spinning a win for Ukraine out of all this.

[marcusmaximus]

More interesting reading:

The City of Kazan and Russia’s Non-Slavic Future

One Russian city offers a glimpse of the country’s increasingly Muslim and non-Slavic future

https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-city-of-kazan-and-russias-non-slavic-future/