Posted on 04/29/2024 6:03:51 PM PDT by BeauBo
The Soviet-Afghan War destroyed Afghanistan and eventually the Soviet Union, which dissolved in 1991 into 15 republics. Numerous satellite states in Europe were liberated at the same time.
History may repeat as the Russia-Ukraine war weakens Moscow, financially and geopolitically. Russia’s 2022 invasion was about reoccupying a former colony, Ukraine, but there are other Russian republics that hope to become liberated...
… in December 1991, Ukrainians voted for independence and Ukraine became the first of the Soviet republics to leave. The Baltic republics followed, as did Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and others. Now there is unrest across the Russian Federation…
… a story in the Moscow Times in February:
“Russian indigenous and minority activists have long warned that the Kremlin is banking on using the country’s non-Slavic population as cannon fodder in its protracted quest for capturing Ukrainian territories.”
Chess master and political activist Garry Kasparov predicted the war will result in the collapse of the Russian Federation.
“I’m pretty sure that within the next five years, Russia will end up smaller,” said Kasparov, who predicted that the republics of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and Chechnya “very likely will walk away.”
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There is no honor among thieves, as Stalin learned from trying to partner with his neighboring dictator (Hitler), to prey on weaker neighbors.
Turkey will pounce, as well. Russia is the only thing keeping back the new Ottoman Empire.
We’ll see which countries erupt in civil war first, Western Europe now that the Muslims have enough people to start a SERIOUS INSURRECTION, or Russia, where Putin is at 85% popularity (thanks to the Neocons, of course).
The Russians must be doing well on the battlefields at the moment. A sure sign of this is an increase in anti-Russian fantasying. Just sayin’.
“Turkey will pounce, as well”
There are ten ethnically Turkic republics within the Russian Federation, who pay more intro the Federation than they receive from it.
Yes, the Turks will quickly absorb them.
But the real threat will be in the form of support from the Muslims throughout Europe.
This is laughable propaganda only an idiot could believe.
This is it!! We got the old crusty Czar now!!!
The Afghan war did not destroy the Soviet Union. Central economic planning did.
No fears.
200yrs after Putin died for the 12th time-
The communists will be living right down the street still meddling in our every day lives.
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Diane Francis will gladly make a prediction about Tuesday for a hamburger today.
So will BooBoo:
5/29/2023, 12:13:17 AM
BeauBo to SpeedyInTexas; FtrPilot; blitz128
Apparently, The Ukrainians are asking for 48 F-16s. I guess they will have them before Christmas.
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Which Christmas? 
Maybe we should have a “Dead Empire Pool” and see if Russia or the U.S. collapses first.
The largest mosque in Europe is in Russia (if you count that as Europe) - just outside Grozny.
Over 25 million Muslims in the Russian Federation, overwhelmingly not ethnic Russians.
good, I am tired of the Russians
Two weeks.
It’s both sick and funny to see the Zeepers running around here using Alinsky tactics of trying to focus all EVIL in the world into one person, Putin, while TOTALLY IGNORING all of the Evil coming out of DC (and enjoying it, in the case of the Left going after Trump).
But regarding Russia, get rid of that EVILLL Putin and Russia takes off the gloves, as they’ve said exactly that, and if there is only take-away that should be learned from the Neocon disaster in Ukraine is that Russia keeps their word.
It is now looking like it will be more than 48 F-16s, and munitions for them are already being included in aid deliveries from multiple nations. Ukrainian pilots and maintainers have graduated from training.
Soon.
Russia is an oil enterprise that’s going broke. In the short run, its economy will continue spiralling downward, triggered by budget shortfalls, devaluation, economic contraction, and more capital outflows. In the long run, Russia’s exports will diminish along with the rouble, causing imports to crater and bring its domestic manufacturing to a complete standstill. Already, companies representing 40 percent of its GDP have closed, its financial markets are in crisis, and Russia cannot attract foreign investment. This is not an economy that’s performing well. This is an economy that is sputtering and dying.
“Russia is in a tailspin,” said Yale University Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld in a recent interview with Germany TV network Deutsche Welle. “False data is recycled. Every industrial sector is down, retail is down, and it’s losing $1/2 billion a day on energy exports. Rouble values are another fake number. It is not an exchange-traded currency and there isn’t even a black market for it. It has no value because nobody wants a Rouble.”
“Russia keeps their word.”
Good one!
You could do stand up.
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