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==== Russia is a weak major power arguments ====
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[[File:Weak 2.jpg|right|thumbnail|350px|In a 2023 interview, the international relations scholar [[John Mearsheimer]] said [https://www.conservapedia.com/User:Conservative/Culture,_values_and_related_information#France.27s_GNI_per_capita_.28PPP.29_vs._Russia.27s_GNI_per_capita_.28PPP.29_in_2023 Russia] was a "weak great power".[https://youtu.be/FIfJNK2rLlQ?feature=shared&t=969] ]]
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Russia is a former superpower that is [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7OWfEU1gv9Q striving unsuccessfully] to rebuild its lost influence while experiencing decline and a failed state status (See: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250315221501/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?]).
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*[https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+%22weak+major+power%22&oq=russia+%22weak+major+power%22&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEJMTE0MjJqMGo0qAIAsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Russia a weak major power], Google AI
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In 2014, the international relations scholar [[John Mearsheimer]] said: "Russia is a declining power, and it will only get weaker with time."<ref>[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault], Foreign Affairs, Published August 18, 2014</ref>
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In a 2023 interview, the international relations scholar [[John Mearsheimer]] said Russia was a "weak great power" (See: [https://youtu.be/FIfJNK2rLlQ?feature=shared&t=969 Why Russia-Ukraine War May End In A Frozen Conflict & Why US Should Focus On China: John Mearsheimer], 16:09 in the interview). Russia had great difficulty gaining land from the country of Ukraine which has a much smaller population due to Russia's weak military (see: [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/12/russian-military-weaknesses.html Russian military weaknesses]). From superpower to "weak great power" - sad!
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[https://sites.google.com/view/russia-is-in-decline/home Stephen Kotkin: Russia is a relatively weak power]: "Stephen Kotkin, a historian at Princeton University, argues that Russia is a "relatively weak great power". He suggests that Russia has a long history of aspiring to great power status, but its capabilities often fall short of those aspirations. This discrepancy, according to Kotkin, leads to a sense of frustration and a tendency to overreach in foreign policy."[https://www.google.com/search?q=stephen+kotkin+russia+is+a+weak+great+power&sca_esv=bdb835347b1fb0e4&sxsrf=AHTn8zpxwLvvUMuL9eGaFAb6J3tHuPaqlA%3A1747168024493&ei=GKsjaNnsHYzJptQPr-3f2Ak&ved=0ahUKEwjZ2NmLpKGNAxWMpIkEHa_2F5sQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=stephen+kotkin+russia+is+a+weak+great+power&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiK3N0ZXBoZW4ga290a2luIHJ1c3NpYSBpcyBhIHdlYWsgZ3JlYXQgcG93ZXJI4xtQkQtY1BdwAXgBkAEAmAGfAaAB1gmqAQMwLjm4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgGgAgPCAgoQABiwAxjWBBhHmAMAiAYBkAYHkgcBMaAH8g6yBwC4BwA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp] See also: [https://sites.google.com/view/russia-is-in-decline/home Russian power in decline]
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"...Russia has almost always been a relatively weak great power. It lost the Crimean War of 1853–56, a defeat that ended the post-Napoleonic glow and forced a belated emancipation of the serfs. It lost the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5, the first defeat of a European country by an Asian one in the modern era. It lost World War I, a defeat that caused the collapse of the imperial regime. And it lost the Cold War, a defeat that helped cause the collapse of the imperial regime’s Soviet successor." - [https://archive.is/mPLLf#selection-1017.0-1017.30 Russia’s Perpetual Geopolitics], Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 2016
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*[https://asiatimes.com/2019/06/russia-is-still-the-weakest-of-the-great-powers/# Russia is still the weakest great power], Asia Times, 2019
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Donald Trump on how the Soviet Union became Russia: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpARgVJ6Hc&t=209s "Let me just tell you about Russia. Russia used to be a thing called the Soviet Union. Because of Afghanistan they went bankrupt. They became Russia. Just so you do understand. OK?"] "What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations." - Sun Tzu.  "There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare." - Sun Tzu
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"Russia today is terribly sick. Her people are sick to the point of total exhaustion." - [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]], Forbes 2012 interview.[https://www.forbes.com/2008/08/05/solzhenitsyn-forbes-interview-oped-cx_pm_0804russia.html?sh=10c25195f538] (In recent times, Russia has experienced economic recessions in 1998, 2008–2009, 2014–2016, and 2022. So his remark was not during bad economic times).
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[[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] on great power politics: "For every country, great power status deforms and harms the national character. I have never wished great power status for Russia, and do not wish it for the United States." - Forbes 2012 interview.[https://www.forbes.com/2008/08/05/solzhenitsyn-forbes-interview-oped-cx_pm_0804russia.html?sh=10c25195f538]
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==== Excellent arguments that Russia is no longer a great power ====
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''See also:'' [https://archive.ph/UQP72 There are good arguments that Russia is no longer a major power]
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Russia is arguably in a worse position due to the war in Ukraine because: Russia's national sovereign fund has shrunk, the potential market for their gas/oil has shrunk, their demographic/population crisis is more severe, their civilian economy has grown worse (High inflation, growing corporate bankruptcies. Trump called Russia's economy a "disaster". Russia's Innovation Index score has dropped since the war in Ukraine [https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/russia/gii_index/#:~:text=Innovations%20index%20(0%2D100)&text=The%20latest%20value%20from%202024,to%202024%20is%2036.55%20points.]. See: [https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/a-somber-outlook-for-the-russian-economy/ A somber outlook for the Russian economy], 2024 ), the Soviet era stockpile of weapons has shunk, Finland/Sweden joined NATO, and NATO's military budget has ramped up. Any "victory" that Russia achieves in the war in Ukraine will be a [[pyrrhic victory]].
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuCwkzVYKpY Russia is not a great power, what is a great power | George Friedman], 2023
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*[https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/49/2/7/125214/Back-to-Bipolarity-How-China-s-Rise-Transformed Back to Bipolarity: How China's Rise Transformed the Balance of Power Free] (Russia and India are not great powers), International Security, MIT Press, Volume 49, Issue 2, 2024
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*[https://www.google.com/search?q=what+are+the+arguments+that+russia+is+not+a+great+power&oq=what+are+the+arguments+that+russia+is+not+a+great+power&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEJMTQwOTJqMGoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 What are the arguments that Russia is not a great power?]: "Arguments against Russia being a great power focus on its limited economic and technological capabilities, coupled with a history of impulsive foreign policy decisions and internal struggles. While Russia possesses a significant military, it lacks the economic and technological strength of true great powers."
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*[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14782804.2023.2193878 Still a great power? Russia’s status dilemmas post-Ukraine war], Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Volume 32, 2024 - Issue 1
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*[https://archive.is/bdr5s Russia is no longer a world power], The Telegraph, May 2025
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'''War in Ukraine helped demonstrate that Russia is no longer a great power:'''
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"But once Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed his war machine, that narrative of Russian power swiftly unraveled. The Ukrainian army, supposedly outgunned and with little chance of resisting conventionally, fought back with brains and ferocity. And Ukrainian civilians, whom many experts thought to be divided over the question of the country’s relationship to Russia, rallied to defend their homeland. Meanwhile, Putin’s military floundered. Its weapons and doctrine proved to be lackluster at best, and its soldiers performed far worse than expected, thanks in part to corruption and poor training. Hundreds of thousands, maybe more than a million, Russian men of military age fled the country to avoid conscription. And just last week, the Wagner paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin briefly seized control of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and threatened to plunge the country into civil war, sending his mercenary fighters to within 120 miles of Moscow. '''This stunning revelation of Russian weakness calls into question not just Moscow’s status as a great power''' but also the very concept of a great power." - Foreign Affairs, 2023[https://archive.is/n5494#selection-1411.0-1425.849]
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Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksfn_7H92tc George Friedman: Why Putin Has Lost the War in Ukraine], 2025
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'''Various arguments that Russia is no longer a great power:'''
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*[https://archive.is/vG8ZR Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status], Project Syndicate, December 2024
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYy7NFvPxg8 Alexander De Croo: Russia is no longer a world power - and here's how Europe can fight back], video, 2025
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*[https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/04/24/russia-is-no-great-power-competitor/ Russia Is No Great Power Competitor], American Interest, 2019
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*[https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/03/russia-is-no-great-power-if-it-cant-beat-ukraine-on-the-battlefield/ Russia Is No Great Power If It Can’t Beat Ukraine on the Battlefield], 2022 (1945 website)
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*[https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/The-End-of-Russia-as-a-Great-Power The End of Russia as a Great Power?], 2022
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*[https://archive.is/dzwtr#selection-571.0-571.50 Ukraine Has Exposed Russia as a Not-So-Great Power], The Atlantic, 2022
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*[https://www.moviesonline.ca/russia-british-defense-minister-putin-discovers-that-russia-is-no-longer-a-great-power/ Russia. British Defense Minister: Putin discovers that Russia is no longer a great power], 2022
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*''Russia Resurrected. Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order'' By Kathryn E. Stoner. Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2021. "She argues that Russia is not a great power, in a traditional understanding of the term, but rather an effective disruptor/challenger to the contemporary international system." - [https://neweasterneurope.eu/2021/06/22/how-powerful-is-russia/ How powerful is Russia?]
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[[File:Matterhorn public domain.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|The Matterhorn
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'''Question:''' Which is steeper? The faces of the Matterhorn or Russia's rate of decline?
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Please see: [https://sites.google.com/view/russia-is-in-decline/home Russian power in decline] ]]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKC7bzCsyuc THIS IS WHY RUSSIA IS NOT A WORLD POWER ANYMORE || 2022], video
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*[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lk5jQbRK7SY Russia is not a superpower], 2023
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*[https://www.google.com/search?q=is+russia+a+great+power&sca_esv=bdb835347b1fb0e4&ei=eaAjaN-cEKj8ptQP8O2g4QI&ved=0ahUKEwifvYn7maGNAxUovokEHfA2KCwQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=is+russia+a+great+power&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp Is Russia a great power?]
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"Russia is no longer considered a great power because of various factors, including its economic vulnerabilities, outdated military strategies, and a lack of strategic thinking. While Russia retains a powerful military, particularly in terms of nuclear weapons and traditional warfare, its overall capabilities have been exposed as limited in the war in Ukraine." - [https://www.google.com/search?q=why+is+russia+not+a+great+power&sca_esv=3689d8f87b454a04&sxsrf=AE3TifPenbjv-Eu9qUMXm9ZP564gP66fAQ%3A1749706774211&ei=FmhKaJPWDMet5NoPzLfB-QY&ved=0ahUKEwiTufPVleuNAxXHFlkFHcxbMG8Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=why+is+russia+not+a+great+power&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiH3doeSBpcyBydXNzaWEgbm90IGEgZ3JlYXQgcG93ZXIyBhAAGAgYHjILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTIIEAAYgAQYogRIqU1QtgtY-0lwAXgBkAEAmAHCAaABnguqAQQwLjExuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIHoAL8BcICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAgYQABgHGB7CAgQQABgewgIFEAAY7wXCAggQABgHGAgYHpgDAIgGAZAGCJIHAzEuNqAH_CeyBwMwLja4B_cFwgcFMC4zLjTIBxc&sclient=gws-wiz-serp Why Russia is not a great power], Google AI/search
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*[https://sites.google.com/view/russia-is-in-decline/home Decline of Russia] - Google site
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Economic projections out to 2034: Focus-Economics.com: "The Russian economy faces an uncertain future, influenced by deteriorating population dynamics, sanctions, the Ukraine war, and global economic conditions. Modest growth is expected in the near term, but risks abound; tighter sanctions or escalating conflict could lead to renewed economic contraction."[https://www.focus-economics.com/countries/russia/#:~:text=The%20Russian%20economy%20faces%20an,weigh%20on%20GDP%20growth%20ahead.]
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*Russia's non-operational aircraft carrier (which is Russia's only aircraft carrier), the Admiral Kuznetsov, is the laughing stock of other navies. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY2op_tNXTc][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov]
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'''Russia's demographic crisis:'''
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*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFoA4iUJvsTC09WlRrIri4vo64-vhGRK Russia's demographic crisis - video playlist], Video playlist, 2025
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'''Worldwide interest in the United States, China and Russia: A comparison'''
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*[https://www.conservapedia.com/User:Conservative/International_relations,_world_news_and_other_information#Worldwide_interest_in_the_United_States.2C_China_and_Russia:_A_comparison Worldwide interest in the United States, China and Russia]
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In 2025, U.S. News & World Report ranks Russia 37th in cultural influence among nations.[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/influence]
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*[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/09/armenia-is-breaking-up-with-russia-and-putin-cant-stop-it-a89393 Armenia Is Breaking Up With Russia – And Putin Can’t Stop It], 2025 (Russia's counterweight to NATO, Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), unravels further)
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'''Russia's waning influence in the Middle East. December 2024 was one of the WORST months for Russian influence in the world'''
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*[https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/44656 Fall of Putin’s Global Empire: Russia’s Waning Influence], Kyiv Post, December 2024. (Collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and loss of Russian military bases and other problems for Russia)
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*[https://globalcomment.com/is-the-russian-led-csto-falling-apart/ Russia's counterweight to NATO is falling apart], December 2024.
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*[[User:Conservative/Russia is too weak to save its strategic partner Iran. Once again, America's ally of Israel is triumphant|Russia is too weak to save its strategic partner Iran. Once again, America's ally of Israel is triumphant]]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpdBwbCakc4 Putin abandons Iran as Israeli strikes threaten to cripple Iran and collapse its regime], 2025
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*[https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2024/03/04/the-collective-security-treaty-organization-a-lifeless-shambling-alliance/ The Collective Security Treaty Organization: A Lifeless, Shambling ‘Alliance’], 2024, Georgetown University
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvUFeJ8UBH0&t=34s Putin jenga]
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'''Soviets weakened by Soviet-Afghanistan War and oil prices falling totally collapsed. Mr. Vladimir Putin, will war in Ukraine and lower and lower oil prices cause BIG TROUBLE for Russia?'''
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*[[User:Conservative/Soviets weakened by Soviet-Afghanistan War and oil prices falling totally collapsed. Mr. Vladimir Putin, will war in Ukraine and lower and lower oil prices cause BIG TROUBLE for Russia?|Soviets weakened by Soviet-Afghanistan War and oil prices falling totally collapsed. Mr. Vladimir Putin, will war in Ukraine and lower and lower oil prices cause BIG TROUBLE for Russia?]]
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'''Russia's alternative to NATO, The Collective Security Treaty Organization, continues to decline'''
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkP4DaAIgQk Armenia To Quit Russia-led CSTO? Pashinyan Drops Bombshell Amid Putin-Trump Clash], Times of India, July 2025:Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said it's now "more likely" that Armenia will officially quit the Russia-led CSTO alliance, accusing it of failing to support Yerevan during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfa-NwFPnao Armenia Just HUMILIATED Putin… Likely Ditching ‘Russian NATO’ to Join EU], July 2025
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==== US (and other countries] and increasing sanctions on Russia ====
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*[https://nypost.com/2025/07/11/us-news/trump-teases-major-statement-on-russia-after-latest-ukraine-attack-youll-be-seeing-things-happen/ Trump teases ‘major statement’ on Russia after latest Ukraine attack: ‘You’ll be seeing things happen’], NY Post, July 11, 2025
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*[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/11/trump-major-statement-russia-ukraine-putin-war/84599712007/ 'You'll be seeing things happen': President Trump teases 'major statement' on Russia], USA Today, July 11, 2025
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*[https://thehill.com/policy/international/5375130-russian-sanctions-oil-ukraine-survey/ Majority of Americans back sanctions on Russia, allies that purchase oil: Survey], June 2025
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===== Countries with the most cultural influence. Russia ranked #37 in 2025 =====
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*[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/influence Countries with the most cultural influence], US News and World Report, 2025 (Italy, France, USA, Spain, Japan, UK, South Korea, Switzerland, Germany and the UAE are the top 10 countries respectively. Russia is ranked #37 in cultural influence.)
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In 2025, U.S. News & World Report ranks France 2nd in cultural influence among nations.[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/influence]
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In 2025, U.S. News & World Report ranks Russia 37th in cultural influence among nations.[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/rankings/influence]
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'''Worldwide Google searches for the terms France and Russia:'''
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[[File:Worldwide Google searches for the terms France and Russia.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|Worldwide Google searches for the terms France and Russia from 2004 to May 6, 2025]]
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'''Worldwide Google searches for the terms France and Russia over the last 5 years:'''
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*[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=France,Russia&hl=en-US Worldwide Google searches for the terms France and Russia over the last 5 years]
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Judging by the far more Google searches on France than Russia, many people are more interested in great French food, French fashion and romantic Paris than they care about imperialist Russia and Russian, nuclear saber-rattling. C'est la vie.
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===== Russia's military weaknesses =====
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*[https://www.conservapedia.com/User:Conservative/Military_and_related_information#Russian_military Russian military weaknesses]
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*[[Essay: Russian military weaknesses|Russian military weaknesses]]
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*[[Essay: Russia's long history of many bitter, military defeats|Russia's long history of many bitter, military defeats]]
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*[https://sites.google.com/view/russian-military-101/home Russian military] - Google site
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=== Russia is a junior partner to China. Why Russia may become more and more of a vassal state to China ===
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See: [https://archive.ph/gLUsY Russia is a junior partner to China. Why Russia may become more and more of a vassal state to China]
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