It's a poverty country in so many ways. How, outside of sheer incompetence, does Russia, a country with vast resources and 146 million people, have a lesser GDP than friggen Canada (36 million people)?One thing i have give soviet propaganda, they had the world believing much of the hype. Even though everyone knows Russia lies non-stop, they still managed to make people believe they had this powerful military. Not only is that false but their military is an absolute joke outside of nuclear deterrent. If i hadn't seen what's been transpiring in Ukraine i wouldn't have believed it.
Russian imperialism has been just as brutal and just as savage as anything the west has to offer. Even in Libya they sent their Wagner terrorists to support a warlord. Russians could care less about Turkish concerns or anyone else's. In Syria they moved to keep a dictator in power thats led to 20 million people fleeing that nation. Not to mention they are famous for creating backward vassal states like armenia and Belarus.
The problem with the Russians is they still think themselves a super power, when in reality the entire country has been rotting from inside. This Ukrainian fiasco should be a wake up call to the Russian oligarchs, dictators that their dreams will only lead to ruin.
I'll be curious to see if Ukraine has enough resources to the Northeast of Kyiv to break the siege. Don't want to see Mariupol 2.0.
One thing i have give soviet propaganda, they had the world believing much of the hype. Even though everyone knows Russia lies non-stop, they still managed to make people believe they had this powerful military. Not only is that false but their military is an absolute joke outside of nuclear deterrent. If i hadn't seen what's been transpiring in Ukraine i wouldn't have believed it.
The Turkic sovereigns considered Muscovy a small, weak, poor state, did not pay attention to it and spent their forces on dynastic wars. The population of Moscow in the XIII century was 10 thousand people, it was much poorer and smaller than other cities and villages. Until 1480, the Moscow prince paid tribute to the Golden Horde Khan.Too bad the idea of expanding into Central Asia died off thanks to Sultan Suleiman's son Selim II.
He basically handed over a long term victory to Russia by letting Kazan go to Russia instead of fighting for it. Ottomans and the Kazan Khanate were allies.
Wrong.In China even their citizens want to flee to the west especially rich peopleHave they? I've seen Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya etc.
Muslims flee to the west because it provides a better standard of living. If China could offer the same Muslims would also flee there.
Where on pictures you see TB2??
So far, one confirmed TB2 was downed or crashed in Ukraine.
Oryx reported it a week ago or soWhere on pictures you see TB2??