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The dying days of the Russian Federation? Vladimir Putin's empire could follow in the footsteps of the Soviet Union
Financial Post (Canada) ^ | 16 April 2024 | Diane Francis

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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at financialpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; War
KEYWORDS: 3daywar; bobomaximus; collapsealready; dianefrancis; diealready; ithoughtrussiawon; nato; putinsfolly; sanctions; ukraine; zeeperdelusions; zeeperporn; zeepityzeepzeep
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Separately, the author (a long term journalist and editor at Financial Post, and member of the Atlantic Council) expressed the opinion that when the Russian federation was weak and fracturing, “China will pounce” to reclaim its former Manchurian territory, including Vladivostok Naval Base, and hydrocarbon rich Sakhalin Island.

There is no honor among thieves, as Stalin learned from trying to partner with his neighboring dictator (Hitler), to prey on weaker neighbors.

1 posted on 04/29/2024 6:03:51 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Turkey will pounce, as well. Russia is the only thing keeping back the new Ottoman Empire.


2 posted on 04/29/2024 6:04:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BeauBo

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).


3 posted on 04/29/2024 6:08:48 PM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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To: BeauBo

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’.


4 posted on 04/29/2024 6:08:57 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: dfwgator

“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.


5 posted on 04/29/2024 6:11:56 PM PDT by BeauBo ( )
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Yes, the Turks will quickly absorb them.

But the real threat will be in the form of support from the Muslims throughout Europe.


6 posted on 04/29/2024 6:12:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BeauBo

This is laughable propaganda only an idiot could believe.


7 posted on 04/29/2024 6:13:51 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: BeauBo

This is it!! We got the old crusty Czar now!!!


8 posted on 04/29/2024 6:14:31 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: BeauBo

The Afghan war did not destroy the Soviet Union. Central economic planning did.


9 posted on 04/29/2024 6:20:00 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: House Atreides

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.


10 posted on 04/29/2024 6:20:38 PM PDT by Freest Republican
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To: BobL; House Atreides; BeauBo; jimwatx; Extremely Extreme Extremist
Russia Collapses
KyivPost.com ^ | Saturday March 18, 2023 | Diane Francis

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4139008/posts

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?   

11 posted on 04/29/2024 6:20:59 PM PDT by kiryandil
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To: BeauBo

Maybe we should have a “Dead Empire Pool” and see if Russia or the U.S. collapses first.


12 posted on 04/29/2024 6:22:02 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: BobL

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.


13 posted on 04/29/2024 6:23:07 PM PDT by BeauBo ( )
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To: BeauBo

good, I am tired of the Russians


14 posted on 04/29/2024 6:23:28 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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Yeah. Let's send some more Chicago Boys there to hand over Russia's wealth back to the oligarchs and turn Russia back into a Third World country we can exploit.
15 posted on 04/29/2024 6:24:31 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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I heard China is about to collapse about a month ago too.

Two weeks.

16 posted on 04/29/2024 6:25:35 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: kiryandil

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.


17 posted on 04/29/2024 6:26:05 PM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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To: kiryandil

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.


18 posted on 04/29/2024 6:29:09 PM PDT by BeauBo ( )
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Diane Francis, March 2023:

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.”

19 posted on 04/29/2024 6:29:47 PM PDT by kiryandil
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“Russia keeps their word.”

Good one!

You could do stand up.


20 posted on 04/29/2024 6:32:03 PM PDT by BeauBo ( )
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