“Do you even know what your talking about here? Russia is largely a basketcase with declining populations, rampant alcoholism, sky high abortion rates, etc.”
Actually their social issues are getting much better under Putin, which is one of reasons he’s so popular there.
Just to be very clear, you are supporting Putin, a former KGB agent, who thinks the single greatest disaster of modern history is the collapse of the communist USSR. A USSR that is not only responsible for the death and enslavement of millions of people, but that conservative hero's like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher expended enormous treasure and blood to destroy.
This is your hero, the guy your are supporting? Honestly, it is hard for me to comprehend what you're even doing on a conservative site with views like this.
I see comrade tcrlaf was finally banned, are you sure you wouldn't be happier posting on RT or perhaps communist Cuba's Granma?