“They are rapidly (in the next five years) approaching the point they won’t even be able to deploy an effective army due to their shockingly fast depopulation according to futurist George Freedman.”
Is anybody fact-checking after the popular propaganda nowadays? Russian population figures are freely available in open sources.
Russia is losing population faster than any Euro nation except Spain. This is especially dire in the 18-40 group eligible for military service.
A good analysis is available by Peter Zeihan, in “Accidental Superpower.”