You blew it!
Instead, you dispatched liberal financial idiots and promptly destroyed any chance that Russia had for a rapid recovery.
Eventually, Russia will become one of the most important financial powers on Earth, but it will take decades for them to achieve that potential.
"Eventually, Russia will become one of the most important financial powers on Earth, but it will take decades for them to achieve that potential."
How any rational person can somehow blame Bush for the self-inflicted disasters of the land and people who brought the world Leninism and Stalinism and 70 years of a Communist killing machine is unfathomable! And what is even more astonishing is how anyone who knows anything about Russian history can claim what you've stated above. Such a statement is beyond belief!