Russia will either be dhimmis to islam in the future or lackeys of the Chinese. ==
I very doubt it.
They have chosen their anti-democratic/anti-western path and we should let them wallow in it.==
As far as I learned here on FR. Unted States are not democracy but republic. SO why you blame Russia for nondemocratic if USA is not either? Russia is republic too.
Pro-westren path is to b ein wake of west countries. Russia cann't be that way. Look Ukraine for this. They gladly will follow someone wake. Russia is too independent for that.
With governors appointed by the Kremlin.
"Russia is republic too"
HAH!! What autonomy does any Russian state have - they cant even elect governors anymore. Ukraine - an independent country- was BARELY able to escape the clutches of the Kremlin.
Cut the crap - we know what you are.