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I know this is anecdotal, but here in the NYC area, Russian immigration seems to be steadily increasing. Lotsa Russian speaking folks moving in.
I know this is anecdotal, but here in the NYC area, Russian immigration seems to be steadily increasing. Lotsa Russian speaking folks moving in.
I was in Russia 7 yrs ago, the population was/is declining due to Aids Alcoholism and emigration (not statistically in that order) the few I spoke to were anxious about China...could they make even enough bullets?
I was there in 1984, and again 10 years ago, and this sort of observation is way overblown. There are some punks that hang around the Moscow underground and a few other issues that look bad but arent.
Russia has its societal issues, the worst is rampant alcoholism. Drugs arent as big a problem as they are in the US. Get in the regional interior and there is a lot of strength in their society. its as strong as the corn belt states of the US. Russian people have a lot of depth and strength. They are well educated and resourceful. they are nothing like the peasant forces of the 1940's. They are dangerous, im not painting them as saints, but to portray Russia as being on the edge of social or economic collapse is just not true or accurate. if China attacked them, the Soviets would still give the Chinese a bloody nose, but that might be different in 50 years or so. China hasnt yet learnt to translate its massively expanding economic strength to effective military strength, though thats changing
Not only Russia...Chinas industrial capacity is huge in 10/20 yrs time Russia wont be in the same game.
Not only Russia...
The rest of the world will be sitting there wondering what happened.
It's a band-aid on a sucking chest woundSad but true, however we are starting to see some manufacturing return to the states though at this point no where near the amount that left.
"Soviet Union could have won WWII alone"
The Soviet Union alone indeed could have won World War II, but would have done it at a much slower pace, believes British historian Professor Geoffrey Roberts.
"The Soviet Union could have defeated Nazi Germany on its own, but it would have taken it a lot longer and at much greater price and, of course, it would have taken the country much longer to recover after World War II," he told RT.
"Yes, the Soviet Union did not ultimately need its allies to win the war, but its alliance with particularly the United States and Great Britain helped it to win the war a lot quicker than it would have otherwise been the case," he added.
According to Roberts, following World War II, the Soviet Union was much less enthusiastic about the Cold War than its recent allies, the USA and Great Britain.
"On the Western side, once the Cold War had broken out, there was a much more positive engagement with the Cold War, whereas on the Soviet side there was a reluctance to become involved in the Cold War and continuous efforts to revive the Grand Alliance," he said.
"One of the great themes of post-war Soviet foreign policy is a desire to return to the Grand Alliance," Roberts added.