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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by addicted on Saturday October 08, 2016 @03:34AM (#12666058)
One would have thought that the Russians would know this better than anybody after the USSR's collapse but military might is meaningless if you don't have the economic might to back it up.

Russia is little more than a petro state whose economic fortunes are almost completely related to the price of oil.

Putin should be focusing on broadening the Russian economic base but is instead engaging in stupid military endeavors that are only kidding Russia friends. The EU would love to trade with Russia but his European tinkering had made it impossible for them to do so. The US is obviously not a fan. Give it a few years and he'll probably piss off China too (or they'll find the US and European relationships more useful) and the Ryssians will have little more to do than reminisce about the time they annexed Crimea.

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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by qaq on Saturday October 08, 2016 @06:44AM (#12666456)
Well as things stand now Russia's GDP is less than GDP of NYC :) So how they still believe they can be a super power is beyond me.China is far from being Russia's ally they are using the current situation to take over Russia's resources and make Russia extremely dependent. It looks like the end game is peaceful return of the territories that Russia annexed from China or installation of puppet government at some point.
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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by jorgecastillo on Saturday October 08, 2016 @12:09PM (#12667420)
People die and kill for just a few square meters of land, you're delusional if you think the Russian nation will just let itself be destroyed without fighting back. Nominal GDP is not a good way to measure wealth, GDP PPP, industrial output and other stats are better. Russia is not a superpower but no one can deny that Russia is an industrial power. Your hate of Russia disgust me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_first_use#Russia

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Re:U.S. government accuses Russia of hacking campaign to inf... by qaq on Saturday October 08, 2016 @12:39PM (#12667540)
Lets remember how things unfolded last time was there much fighting? The China has fairly simple working strategy they stimulate immigration into formerly annexed parts at current rates in a decade +/- they will be local majority population.
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