Even if his ratings plumit, who exactly is going to remove him from power?
Classic Anders. Russia underestimated an opponent before, so they’ll surely break their teeth now.
Once it starts I’m seriously concerned about his mental health. He might tweet himself to death.
tl;dr:
>Various causes of Russia’s aggressiveness have been suggested, but the most important one focuses on Russian decline, and whether this has made the country more dangerous
>the decline is obvious. Russia’s economy has been completely stagnant since 2014 (and mostly stagnant since 2009), and …no interest in delivering economic growth or improved living standards. In US dollar terms, Russia’s GDP fell from $2.3 trillion in 2013 to $1.5 trillion in 2020
>…thus aspires to create a modern-day Sparta – a state focused solely on its military prowess
>But Russia’s relative military might probably has already peaked. …Even India surpassed Russia with its $73 billion military budget.
>Seeing the writing on the wall, Putin may now be thinking that if Russia is going to benefit from its military strength, it had better flex its muscles now, before the country’s economic foundation erodes further
…that is a correct conclusion as the S-300 and S-400 complexes are entirely useless against a great range of flying things… and sincfe these are supposed to be the peak of the development, one has to guess how antiquated the rest of the forces must be.
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Even if his ratings plumit, who exactly is going to remove him from power?
Classic Anders. Russia underestimated an opponent before, so they’ll surely break their teeth now.
Once it starts I’m seriously concerned about his mental health. He might tweet himself to death.
tl;dr:
>Various causes of Russia’s aggressiveness have been suggested, but the most important one focuses on Russian decline, and whether this has made the country more dangerous
>the decline is obvious. Russia’s economy has been completely stagnant since 2014 (and mostly stagnant since 2009), and …no interest in delivering economic growth or improved living standards. In US dollar terms, Russia’s GDP fell from $2.3 trillion in 2013 to $1.5 trillion in 2020
>…thus aspires to create a modern-day Sparta – a state focused solely on its military prowess
>But Russia’s relative military might probably has already peaked. …Even India surpassed Russia with its $73 billion military budget.
>Seeing the writing on the wall, Putin may now be thinking that if Russia is going to benefit from its military strength, it had better flex its muscles now, before the country’s economic foundation erodes further
…that is a correct conclusion as the S-300 and S-400 complexes are entirely useless against a great range of flying things… and sincfe these are supposed to be the peak of the development, one has to guess how antiquated the rest of the forces must be.