Will Russia Emerge As The Next Dominant Superpower

[Wayan_Pedjeng]

I disagree. I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would underestimate USA even after they have proved again and again why they are the most dominant superpower in the world in the long-term.

Russia and pathetic Putin are being criticised for the Ukraine war and their economy is suffering because of all the sanctions, COVID etc. This doesn't imply dominance in any manner whatsoever. Think!

From what I have seen, the Russian economy is doing just fine. Their trade surplus is at all time high and they are benefitting immensely from the sky high fuel prices. The West tried to boycott Russian commodities and the latter just rerouted the exports to Asian countries such as India and China. Now nations such as Pakistan and Myanmar are lining up to purchase Russian hydrocarbons.

[cabron]

I disagree. I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would underestimate USA even after they have proved again and again why they are the most dominant superpower in the world in the long-term.

Russia and pathetic Putin are being criticised for the Ukraine war and their economy is suffering because of all the sanctions, COVID etc. This doesn't imply dominance in any manner whatsoever. Think!

From what I have seen, the Russian economy is doing just fine. Their trade surplus is at all time high and they are benefitting immensely from the sky high fuel prices. The West tried to boycott Russian commodities and the latter just rerouted the exports to Asian countries such as India and China. Now nations such as Pakistan and Myanmar are lining up to purchase Russian hydrocarbons.

And they are not using USD anymore for these transactions.
More countries joining the new order but I doubt Russia comes to dominate when China is the leader of CBDC. Its China that will be dominating due to its nation building projects thru their Belt and Road as its their global interest.

The world leaders are courting Africa as it joins the revolution, Xi Jinping is about to visit Africa for the first time in years without traveling.

[Tony116]

I disagree. I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would underestimate USA even after they have proved again and again why they are the most dominant superpower in the world in the long-term.

I'm one of those people who don't like the US government one bit, but there's no denying that they are superpowers and they will continue to be the hegemon of the world for many years to come. Russia or China are still not strong enough to surpass them both economically or militarily.

But the balance of power in the world is becoming more and more balanced with the emergence of the BRICS bloc, a direct counterpart of the EU. This will make the world more balanced and will not depend so much on the US and the EU.

[pooya87]

I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would underestimate USA even after they have proved again and again why they are the most dominant superpower in the world in the long-term.

Could you show us some of those "proofs" too maybe we can also believe it. Over the past couple of decades the only thing US has been experiencing was a downtrend of their economy, society and military strength. US hasn't had any military victory ever since WWII. They have attacked a lot of defenseless countries though.

For example they sanctioned and disarmed Iraq for 10 years while bombing their defenses and airfields. Then after a decade they invaded the defenseless country and lost the final war.
They also invaded the defenseless country called Afghanistan that was controlled by cavemen (and I'm being literal) spent trillions of dollars and were defeated and had to donate $100 billion to the same cavemen to buy their safe passage while they escaped Afghanistan in the worse way possible.
Every day their bases in Middle East are being attacked and they can't do anything about it. 3 days ago for example one of the biggest bases in occupied Syria was bombed hard, all they did was to send back more body bags.
$7 trillion dollar and tens of thousands of dead US troops later they are fleeing the conflict they started.

I don't know who in their right minds considers this a super power.

[tbterryboy]

The Ukrainian sources have stated recently that they are outnumbered and outgunned in the Donbass region. A few days back, I was watching an interview with an Ukrainian commander, who was saying that Russians fire 50,000 to 60,000 artillery pieces per day, while the Ukrainians can fire only around 5,000 per day. Given the fact that most of the deaths in this war has resulted from shelling, I don't think that it will be logical to assume that Russians suffered more casualties despite firing 10x shells. Western weapons maybe more accurate, but still that won't cover the 10x numerical advantage.

Also, most of the casualties on the Ukrainian side consists of Ukrainian citizens (up to 5% maybe from foreign volunteers). On the other hand, at least half of the Russian casualties are from non-citizens of Russia (mostly rebels from DPR/LPR).

Just a stupid move by Ukraine to fight with such a mighty power i.e. Russia. There is rear chance that ukarine win this war, they are just playing on behalf of USA and EU who just wanna down Russia without getting involved in the conflict directly. Its better in interest of Ukraine to negotiate with Russia and end this conflict. 

If your country are the ones that will be attacked, won't you fight back? Maybe yes because you are coward but Ukraine isn't like that and even if they know that Russia is an aggressive country, they didn't think twice but they just do what they can to stop them.

Other countries are proud of the bravely showed there by Ukraine, and that is why they send help not only in terms of financial but they also send their own armies to help Ukraine fight with Russia. At the end, even if Ukraine fails to win the war, that was fine. They will still look good in the eyes of the many because at least they have tried their best and they didn't do nothing while Russia are attaching them.

[FanEagle]

How did people imagine Russia not being a superpower already is beyond me. hey have always been a super power and they will continue o be a super power for many more years as well. Do not mistake the fact that they have been hated by other nations (mostly western like us) doesn't mean that they are not a superpower. Are they the most powerful?

I do not think so, if we count nuclear weapons then we do not know who would win in a war because everyone would destroy each other anyway, there won't be life on earth. But, if we just look at non-nuclear regular old style fighting, USA and west would destroy Russia and China very very easily hence why I believe they are not the "biggest" but they are big.

[Wakate]

I disagree. I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would underestimate USA even after they have proved again and again why they are the most dominant superpower in the world in the long-term.

Russia and pathetic Putin are being criticised for the Ukraine war and their economy is suffering because of all the sanctions, COVID etc. This doesn't imply dominance in any manner whatsoever. Think!

Nit only Russia is suffering currently, all countries of the world are suffering due to the covid that hit the world without any information for us to get prepared. I still don't know why we keep agitating on dominant superpower because the world is meant to be peace and everybody living a healthy lifestyle. I am not in to argue on what country or region a tend to be more super power in the next decade or currently. Since the war in Ukraine started, I knew that something is going wrong and if we are not careful with the current conditions, this might lead to third world war that could destroyed the world.

[Vaskiy]

How did people imagine Russia not being a superpower already is beyond me. hey have always been a super power and they will continue o be a super power for many more years as well. Do not mistake the fact that they have been hated by other nations (mostly western like us) doesn't mean that they are not a superpower. Are they the most powerful?

Russia is a super power and they're powerful. Being powerful can be connected with different things. Based on what is being found good in bitcoin, I state this to be powerful. To keep few countries under its control is different, and Russia wasn't able to be a superpower on such occasions, because countries give respect for what is being done.

[coupable]

The centers of power in the world have changed in nature, and international alliances (as opposed to regional alliances) have become the dominant force. In other words, it is no longer correct to say that a particular country is the most powerful and dominant. The countries of the world need each other to meet the growing needs of each of them, and the successful force today is an economic alliance between powerful economies.
Russia cannot be an important part of the world scene without its allies China, India and even Iran.
America can only be strong under the cover of NATO, but unfortunately it is a military front rather than an economic one, so it is not able to face many challenges.

yes thats very much true. Role of USA and EU in ongoing conflict between Ukarine and Russia is very disappointing. Even NATO the military alliance is not able to help Ukarine to get rid of Russian invasion. Just supplying arms and placing ban on Russia (while EU begging for GAS to meet energy crisis) wont be able to defeat Russia.

The countries of the European Union participating in the sanctions against Russia are the most affected by this war. And perhaps with the worst estimates, Ukraine will be the least harmful of all European countries, even if Russia makes it a colony entirely to it.
The American plan to isolate Russia cost it to sacrifice its European allies, including Ukraine.
The latest news indicates that European countries have begun to gradually abandon the sanctions they imposed on Russia, without this being reported in the media. They will not be able to hold out more than a few months, as winter is coming.

[DrBeer]

A little about the "great Russia". Just facts

A small introduction - to describe the current situation in Russia, the phrase is ideal (I hope I can convey the meaning in English), which sounds like this: "... things in the country were going badly. That is, not so bad, one could even say - good, but every year it gets worse and worse.

- The Russian invasion of Ukraine set the Russian economy back four years in just one quarter after the attack (Bloomberg)

- The forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development in the base case for a fall in GDP in 2022 by 7.8% turned out to be more positive than the expectations of the Central Bank (a decline of 8-10%).

- The Bank of Russia forecasts a 7% GDP contraction in Q3 and even more in Q4 2022. The Bank of Russia estimates that the economy shrank by 4.3% in the second quarter. (Bank of Russia). Ministry of Economic Development - predicts (optimistic forecast) - a fall of 7.8% in 2022, but the reality is clearly worse

- Oil and gas production has declined. The allegedly high price on the world market, and, accordingly, the proceeds from the sale, are offset by the dumping price of the sale of "unnecessary" oil and gas to China and India. And it has not yet launched a program to reduce gas consumption in the EU, and has not yet entered the ban on the purchase of Russian oil by the EU.

- The forecast for a decline in oil production in the Russian Federation after the EU embargo is minus 20% right away!

- Gas. Gas has already begun to primitively BURN, just to avoid the conservation of wells. The conservation of wells, for technologically backward Russia, is equal to the closure of wells forever.

- Russian agriculture is not lagging behind in "successes": Vladimir Putin's ambitious plan to export 50 million tons of grain, which the Russian president flaunted at SPIEF, promising to rid the world of the threat of hunger, was in jeopardy. The Ministry of Agriculture sees risks for the collection of 130 million tons of grain planned for this year, head of the department Dmitry Patrushev said on Friday. It is being torn down by the weather and sanctions...

.... you can continue to state the facts about the "greatness" of Russia for a long time, but what greatness can a backward, third world country with a resource economy have?

And then there is the approach of losing the war, and global degradation for many decades

[KennyR]

Russia is a super power, but it's activities of war and other crimes serve as a big setback. For this reason no country recognise it as a superpower. Russia doesn't need anyone's recognition, and no country stand in favour of them other than few neighbouring countries. Oil Wealth is a big source of Russia, and it always find ways to make others fear of them and keep the surrounding countries under its control. This isn't gonna work now.

[Die_empty]

When I saw recently from a report that the Russian ruble is becoming stronger and stronger, I began to imagine that maybe the US and EU is underestimating the economy of Russia. This is because there have been many speculations and predictions that the ruble would soon nosedive. Yet the Russian currency has gained almost 40% against the dollar becoming the highest performing currency. There are different reason that political-economics have attributed to this which includes the high price of oil and gas, restrictions on import and capital freight and forcing investors or clients to make payment in rubles. I am quite amazed at the economic prowess of Russia because I thought by now they would have been on their knees begging for a review of sanctions.

[Sithara007]

When I saw recently from a report that the Russian ruble is becoming stronger and stronger, I began to imagine that maybe the US and EU is underestimating the economy of Russia. This is because there have been many speculations and predictions that the ruble would soon nosedive. Yet the Russian currency has gained almost 40% against the dollar becoming the highest performing currency. There are different reason that political-economics have attributed to this which includes the high price of oil and gas, restrictions on import and capital freight and forcing investors or clients to make payment in rubles. I am quite amazed at the economic prowess of Russia because I thought by now they would have been on their knees begging for a review of sanctions.

Ruble is strong because the fuel prices are at all time high and Russia is earning around $25 billion per month in profits from the sales of oil, gas and coal. Wheat is also at very high levels, along with potash fertilizer. If the West want to destroy Russia, they can do that very easily. They just need to increase oil production so that the crude oil prices crash to $40 per barrel. But they are not ready to do that, since they don't want to antagonize Saudi Arabia. So in the foreseeable future, Russian economy will be able to survive the sanctions and embargoes.

[Ozero]

Just a stupid move by Ukraine to fight with such a mighty power i.e. Russia. There is rear chance that ukarine win this war, they are just playing on behalf of USA and EU who just wanna down Russia without getting involved in the conflict directly. Its better in interest of Ukraine to negotiate with Russia and end this conflict. 

Do you even have the slightest idea of ​​Putin's plans for Ukraine when he decided to bring his eight combined arms and armored armies into Ukraine on February 24? What to negotiate with Putin? That he does not capture the whole of Ukraine and does not kill half of its population, but only some of its smaller part?

Recently, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on an open day in his office that Russian dictator Putin had told him before attacking Ukraine that Ukraine and Belarus "should not be separate states."
Russia wanted to physically destroy the political and military leadership of Ukraine, kill or otherwise destroy all those who disagree with the established regime of the occupiers, and effectively turn the rest into silent slaves. Did you have to agree to this?
Absolutely all the leaders of the states were of the same opinion that Ukraine would not last more than a few days, and therefore they did not give it serious weapons for their defense. Therefore, they are still shocked by what the Ukrainians have done. In fact, they have already defeated the "second army of the world" and will soon drive the occupiers out of their territory.

[Argoo]

They also invaded the defenseless country called Afghanistan that was controlled by cavemen (and I'm being literal) spent trillions of dollars and were defeated and had to donate $100 billion to the same cavemen to buy their safe passage while they escaped Afghanistan in the worse way possible.

The United States can help the people of some country in the struggle for their independence, but they are not obliged to fight for them and will not. For twenty years the Americans have helped the people of Afghanistan with everything they could and even fought for them against the Taliban. But this cannot continue indefinitely. They trained the Afghan army and armed dozens of times more than the US has now provided military assistance to Ukraine. If the people of Afghanistan would give a worthy rebuff to the enemy, the help would continue. But they cowardly gave almost all the US equipment to the Taliban and surrendered en masse. Therefore, we have what we have. And there is no US fault here.
In contrast to this situation, the Ukrainians showed complete unity and mass heroism and professionalism in the fight against the Russian invaders. This causes a well-deserved respect and desire  to help defend their country and their nation.

[pooya87]

In contrast to this situation,

You see contrast only because of your point of view.
You see Ukraine from the PoV of a Ukrainian (the victim) but
You see Afghanistan from the PoV of America (the attacker).

If you change your PoV and stop having double standards you see that the situation in Afghanistan was exactly the same as it is in Ukraine.

The United States can help the people of some country in the struggle for their independence

This is from the PoV of the attackers. Similarly from the PoV of Russia they are sending their peacekeepers to Ukraine in order to help them since Ukrainians just like Afghanistanis are struggling for their "independence"!!!

Americans have helped the people of Afghanistan with everything they could and even fought for them against the Taliban.

You are too naive or brainwashed if you really think that. Do you know how many Taliban leaders has US killed over 20 years? The answer is ZERO. The extremists in control of the country today are the same exact ones from 20 years ago!
If US was really fighting against Taliban then why the hell were they negotiating with them at the same time? And why the hell did they donate $100 billion worth of weapons to them when they were escaping Afghanistan?

[Sithara007]

The United States can help the people of some country in the struggle for their independence

This is from the PoV of the attackers. Similarly from the PoV of Russia they are sending their peacekeepers to Ukraine in order to help them since Ukrainians just like Afghanistanis are struggling for their "independence"!!!

In this case, Russians are more justified. Before the war, around 80% of Ukraine used Russian as the home language. The Kiev regime was discriminating against the Russian speakers and that resulted in the civil war of 2014.

Americans have helped the people of Afghanistan with everything they could and even fought for them against the Taliban.

You are too naive or brainwashed if you really think that. Do you know how many Taliban leaders has US killed over 20 years? The answer is ZERO. The extremists in control of the country today are the same exact ones from 20 years ago!
If US was really fighting against Taliban then why the hell were they negotiating with them at the same time? And why the hell did they donate $100 billion worth of weapons to them when they were escaping Afghanistan?

LOL.. the funny thing is that Taliban was created by the Americans themselves in the early 1980s. Their aim was to fight the Soviets. Taliban leaders and cadre were taken to the CIA-controlled training centers in Pakistan and provided tactical as well as equipment training. The Americans also provided them with the latest defense technology, including Stinger anti-air missiles.

[Obito]

Russia is already a superpower. They have the political influence, foreign presence and nuclear weapons cache much bigger than USA. I don't think that they will be an economic superpower though, Ruble exchange is pretty bad that even though my country has a weak purchasing power with dollars, I could probably live comfortably there because the exchange rate is much better.

[Gayong88]

During World War II the world's major powers were bombed back to the stone age. With the exception of two nations. Russia and the united states. This set the stage for america and russia to emerge as the world's dominant superpowers leading into the cold war, korean war and vietnam war which followed.

On the plus side if russia is the next dominant superpower they may be bitcoin friendly. At least that would be one positive thing we might look forward to in the horror show that could be the future.

For this moment, I think it will take time for either Russia or any other country to emerge as the next dominant superpower. We know the United States has won the title for a very long time but the predictions of the birth of a new power are starting to emerge and that is what we will continue to see in the next decade or so as new superpowers emerge.

For Bitcoin itself may be part of this new world order. Not now possible but may eventually be adopted by some countries. It all depends on how well they can make it visible and how much the public will accept it. For the final outcome of this situation is just predictions and predictions only.

[Sithara007]

For this moment, I think it will take time for either Russia or any other country to emerge as the next dominant superpower. We know the United States has won the title for a very long time but the predictions of the birth of a new power are starting to emerge and that is what we will continue to see in the next decade or so as new superpowers emerge.

For Bitcoin itself may be part of this new world order. Not now possible but may eventually be adopted by some countries. It all depends on how well they can make it visible and how much the public will accept it. For the final outcome of this situation is just predictions and predictions only.

The strength of the United States lies within it's currency. The USD remains as the trade and reserve currency of the world. And this enables the US to loan trillions of USD from the creditors every year, at near-zero interest rate. And this is also one of the reasons behind the inflated military budget of the United States (~$600 billion per year?). Other countries don't have this luxury. So they are forced to tone down their budget. Now I don't think that this situation is going to change sometime in the near future, especially as currencies such as EUR are sliding down steeply against the Dollar.