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| − | *[[Essay: Why I am not bullish on Russia's future|Why I am not bullish on Russia's future]]
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| | [[File:Vladimir Putin in KGB uniform.jpg|thumbnail|right|225px|[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin]] in a [[KGB]] uniform. | | [[File:Vladimir Putin in KGB uniform.jpg|thumbnail|right|225px|[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin]] in a [[KGB]] uniform. |
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| | See also: [[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian]] ]] | | See also: [[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian]] ]] |
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| | *[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian]] | | *[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian]] |
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| | *[[Essay: How anti-homosexuality is Russia? Are there countries that are more anti-homosexuality and more family-friendly?|How anti-homosexuality is Russia? Are there countries that are more anti-homosexuality and more family-friendly?]] | | *[[Essay: How anti-homosexuality is Russia? Are there countries that are more anti-homosexuality and more family-friendly?|How anti-homosexuality is Russia? Are there countries that are more anti-homosexuality and more family-friendly?]] |
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| | *[[Essay: Russian war crimes in Ukraine|Russian war crimes in Ukraine]] | | *[[Essay: Russian war crimes in Ukraine|Russian war crimes in Ukraine]] |
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| | *[[Essay: Russia has the 2nd highest rate of alcoholism in the world|Russia has the 2nd highest rate of alcoholism in the world]] | | *[[Essay: Russia has the 2nd highest rate of alcoholism in the world|Russia has the 2nd highest rate of alcoholism in the world]] |
| − | | + | [[File:Atheist doctor.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|Russia: "A demographic collapse. Russia is dying out. The population is decreasing by 1 million annually, and the demographic potential needed to maintain the empire has already been exhausted. This decline disproportionately affects ethnic Russian regions, while the Caucasus maintains population growth – a pattern that intensifies ethnic and religious tensions, setting the stage for future conflicts." - [https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/17/why-russias-collapse-is-inevitable-and-what-comes-next/ Why Russia’s collapse is inevitable — and what comes next], Euromaiden, 2025 |
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| | + | See: [[Essay: Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse|Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse]] ]] |
| | + | *[[Essay: Russian military weaknesses|Russian military weaknesses]] |
| | *[[Essay: Russia's unfriendly business environment|Russia's unfriendly business environment]] | | *[[Essay: Russia's unfriendly business environment|Russia's unfriendly business environment]] |
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| | *[[Essay: Nordsteam pipelines being sabotaged and Putin failing to play politics several moves ahead on the politics chess board|Nordsteam pipelines being sabotaged and Putin failing to play politics several moves ahead on the politics chess board]] | | *[[Essay: Nordsteam pipelines being sabotaged and Putin failing to play politics several moves ahead on the politics chess board|Nordsteam pipelines being sabotaged and Putin failing to play politics several moves ahead on the politics chess board]] |
| − | [[File:512px-Changing the guards kremlin.jpeg|thumbnail|right|400px|thumbnail|[[Goose step]]ping changing of the guards in Russia at the Kremlin in 2006.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Changing_the_guards_kremlin.JPG Changing of the guards in Russia at the Kremlin, 2006]</ref>
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| − | "Russia is a declining power, and it will only get weaker with time." - International relations scholar [[John Mearsheimer]]
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| | *[[Essay: Doomsday phobias - including nucleomituphobia caused by Russian threats to use a nuclear bomb|Doomsday phobias - including nucleomituphobia caused by Russian threats to use a nuclear bomb]] | | *[[Essay: Doomsday phobias - including nucleomituphobia caused by Russian threats to use a nuclear bomb|Doomsday phobias - including nucleomituphobia caused by Russian threats to use a nuclear bomb]] |
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| | *[[Essay: Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman|Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman]] - Humor | | *[[Essay: Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman|Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman]] - Humor |
| − | | + | [[File:512px-Changing the guards kremlin.jpeg|thumbnail|right|400px|thumbnail|[[Goose step]]ping changing of the guards in Russia at the Kremlin in 2006.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Changing_the_guards_kremlin.JPG Changing of the guards in Russia at the Kremlin, 2006]</ref> |
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| | + | *Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfzAI9nrtQ Goose-stepping guards at the Kremlin] |
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| | + | "Russia is a declining power, and it will only get weaker with time." - International relations scholar [[John Mearsheimer]] |
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| | + | See: [https://archive.ph/Jqu2p#selection-637.0-637.99 Almost half of global strategists think Russia could become a failed state within the next 10 years], Fortune magazine, January 23, 2023 |
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| | + | For more information, please see: [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/11/will-russia-become-failed-state-is.html Will Russia become a failed state within 10 years? Is Russia currently a failed state? Will Russia eventually become a failed state?] ]] |
| | Check out my blog at: [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/ Decline of Russia] | | Check out my blog at: [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/ Decline of Russia] |
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