[jalisco555]

Thank you for a very thought-provoking post

You're welcome. I wonder how much this problem is influencing Russia's current aggressive behavior. Perhaps they are hoping to expand their way out of this crisis.

[GSlob]

"Perhaps they are hoping to expand their way out of this crisis."
But how could one hold the expanded whole with fewer and fewer people? Holding a vampiria together is a labor-intensive proposition.