Will Russia Emerge As The Next Dominant Superpower

[DrBeer]

I love your subtle humor

Is it any wonder that Europe is going to cunt when a former gynecologist is at the helm?

The PS "Japan is a vassal" sounds funny, especially from the country of a miserable raw material appendage of the world

Yep, Japan is a US vassal. It abandoned the army after a crushing defeat in World War II and has numerous US military bases on its territory, occupying approximately 10% of Japan's habitable territory.

1. "Is it any wonder Europe goes crazy with a former gynecologist at the helm? Smirk"
Well, a good gynecologist is at least a person who benefits. But the notorious, embittered six, whose lot was to carry a suitcase for the OWNER, with a bunch of complexes, completely detached from reality, but imagining themselves almost a deity - this is really hilarious

This "macho" and "world leader" is a miserable, notorious schmuck!



Now, of course, he has changed ... he has become a miserable, notorious old senile schmuck



2. We learn materiel, of course you have a big failure in this, but I will fix it for you

A vassal state is a state that is subordinate to another state, but retains its ruler. Such a state is usually deprived of the right to maintain diplomatic relations and conclude treaties, is limited in other types of external relations, but retains independent internal government with some restrictions. The ruler of a vassal state retains the status and title that he had before the conclusion of the vassal treaty.

Well, now try to superimpose a description of the situation with the USA and Japan on this - is it really stupid?
And this is all from a lack of knowledge. More precisely, it turns out so stupid when you zaesh a word and its meaning is not

By the way - this description is more suitable for Ichkeria and its vassal - the Russian Federation. Which has retained the status of its ruler, but Ichkeria indicates what to do, how to do it, and the annual tribute of Moscow to Grozny - FACT

[be.open]

A vassal state is a state that is subordinate to another state, but retains its ruler. Such a state is usually deprived of the right to maintain diplomatic relations and conclude treaties, is limited in other types of external relations, but retains independent internal government with some restrictions. The ruler of a vassal state retains the status and title that he had before the conclusion of the vassal treaty.

Well, now try to superimpose a description of the situation with the USA and Japan on this - is it really stupid?

Your definition accurately reflects the relationship between Japan and the United States. As well as the United States and the European Union. Even more dependent relations between the US and Ukraine.

[Junii]

It is possible because after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it lost its superpower status, and recently has been suggested as a strong candidate for continuing their superpower status in the 21st century.

[gantez]

It is possible because after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it lost its superpower status, and recently has been suggested as a strong candidate for continuing their superpower status in the 21st century.

This is not possible to come. When Soviet Union was still existing yes it happen that Russia or the union was leading the world that was because of their number, they were 15 republic countries coming together as one so now this is just Russia. They are struggling to take back Ukraine because Ukraine is another strong unit but US is not allowing for that. US has like 50 States together but not different, working as one 

[coupable]

It cannot be denied that Russia is one of the largest poles of power in the world. But after it began its military campaign against Ukraine, there are elements that must be taken into consideration :
First, that Russia is not as strong as we imagined, since it is losing many rounds in this war, which prompted it to call in reserve soldiers despite the strategic difference, and also its resort to creating humanitarian crises to impose More pressure.
Secondly, Russia, which we considered a global power, is facing the world by cutting off energy and food supplies to threaten a large part of the planet's population.
Russia cannot be a global power without its allies who support it only because it stands against America with the logic of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

[Argoo]

Russia has pulled itself out of BLack sea grain shipments deal . Ukrainian president says that Russia has no place in G20 because of its move of food.
But Russia will create so many problem for other countries - EU also reported that their security is at stake because of energy crisis. Isn't Russia a powerful country ?? is there any doubt now?

There are doubts, of course, and very large ones. Putin's Russia does not prove its strength in culture, science, technology. She is trying to prove that she has brute physical strength and therefore she can neglect the established rules of behavior in society, seize neighboring states, rob and kill people there. There is something to brag about in the 21st century. But Russia is not succeeding in this either. The Russian army is now being defeated in all sectors of the front in Ukraine.

Yes, yesterday in Russia they announced that they are withdrawing from the concluded agreement on free grain supplies from the seaports of Ukraine. That is, that Russia will continue to fire on and sink civilian ships from different countries that will transport food along the Black Sea to countries that are now in dire need of it. Already today, Russia fired on the sea trade and transport routes of the Dnieper-Bug estuary, including from the Grad MLRS. Russia thus behaves like a terrorist state, a robber and a pirate.

However, you kept silent about the formal pretext that Russia used to withdraw from the "grain" agreement. And the reason was that last night and in the morning, the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, which it occupied, was attacked by drones and suffered serious losses. Presumably, three or four ships were seriously damaged and could be sunk, including the next flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the frigate Admiral Makarov. Losses will be specified, since Russia has blocked the bay and does not allow information about the incident to leak. The Russians were sure that this was the most protected place of their warships. And again they miscalculated, as with the Kerch bridge, which Ukraine also successfully attacked. So is Russia really that strong?

[pooya87]

Yes, yesterday in Russia they announced that they are withdrawing from the concluded agreement on free grain supplies from the seaports of Ukraine. That is, that Russia will continue to fire on and sink civilian ships from different countries that will transport food along the Black Sea to countries that are now in dire need of it. Already today, Russia fired on the sea trade and transport routes of the Dnieper-Bug estuary, including from the Grad MLRS. Russia thus behaves like a terrorist state, a robber and a pirate.

History keeps repeating.
This is what invaders do to another country. For example when United States invaded Iraq with the help of NATO and Ukraine, they did the same thing. One of the first things they targeted was the Iraq's civilian infrastructure from hospitals and farms to water and electrical facilities. The electrical grid over there is still pretty messed up to this day.
The same alliance did the same exact thing in Afghanistan, Libya, and a dozen other countries.

[DrBeer]

This is due to the fact that Russia has only 140 million people, and this is not enough to achieve the status of a superpower. The dominant superpower must have a population of at least 300-500 million people.

In modern Russia, there have never been 140 million people. The last census, which was noticeably falsified, about which there are many facts, was carried out in ... 2010! About 143 million people were indicated there. Well, everything seems to be fine. But there is a small problem... Arithmetic
In order to understand that the figure of 143 million people is false, it is enough to take, from open sources, for example, the population for 1998, take the annual population growth (natural increase and migration increase), take the natural population decline. And try to reach 143 million Oh, and one more thing. In order not to be deceived - we will also impose a third schedule - pension payments, which are directly proportional to the number of pensioners by age, and should be correlated with population indicators, growth and mortality. They can’t just take and appear or disappear a huge number of pensioners, right?
Well, and most importantly, the next census was held in .. 2022. Do you know how? Almost completely REMOTE. And how many people did they get? 146 million
Despite the fact that :
- since 2011, officially natural growth is positive, and migration also
- since 2014, the temporarily occupied Crimea was also counted as residents of the Russian Federation, and this added 2.3 million people.
At the same time, the death rate from covid-19, officially, in Russia amounted to 380 thousand people.

In a word - if you read Russian numbers:
- if they praise and show the successes of Russia - it is necessary to divide by 2-5 to get closer to reality
- if they talk about some losses, then you need to multiply by 2-5 to get closer to the real level

Judging by tax deductions, pensions and other things (and some of these indicators were classified for some reason in March-April 2022), the real population of Russia may be approximately 80-95 million people.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I am just coming across this thread, honestly speaking, Russia is indeed a powerful nation, but i dont think they can become a world power anytime soon, this is if it is even possible for them to ever ascend that throne, their economy might be one of the best, they might have the highest weapon for war and all that, but i dont think USA will ever allow them ascend the throne of becoming world power.

~Snip~

They have the highest number of Nukes in the world. The upset like what has happened in US - Afghan war happens rearly

How about Israel? Many, including myself believe, or used to believe that Israel is the nation with the highest number of nukes in the world. does this mean ive been wrong all this years?

[be.open]

But I have read that Russia has 7000 nukes. - the highest in the world

The point is not only and not so much in the number of nuclear charges. After the victory in the Cold War and the collapse of the USSR, the United States pretty relaxed. So much so that in the 1990s they were left without their own uranium enrichment facilities (the United States is still forced to buy enriched uranium for nuclear power plants from Russia and this industry is not under sanctions). Also, the United States has very little progress in the field of delivery vehicles - in fact, therefore, NATO is forced to expand eastward in order to offset its weakness in military rocket science. In Russia, however, work to improve the means of delivery did not stop even in the most difficult years. As a result, now Russia is already armed with hypersonic missiles, and the United States is only conducting tests in this area, lagging behind even China.

In addition, Russia has a lot of hidden aces up its sleeve, which is not customary to talk about out loud. In particular, Rosatom produces several hundred kilograms of cobalt-60 every year (when the rest of the world produces about 2.5 kg per year), mainly for disinfection and medical purposes. But it's a typical dual-use product, if you know what I mean. One ton of the radioactive isotope cobalt-60 is enough to, for example, make the entire US uninhabitable for about 200 years, without visible changes in the natural landscape. In the field of nuclear weapons, Russia has many asymmetric strong advantages even over countries from the nuclear club.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Russia might have more nukes than other nations, but it would have to do more than just that in order to be dominant superpower. Although I won't deny that their advancement is attributed to their independence and unquenchable hunger for upgrading or developing war machines or technologies since the fall of USSR.
What NATO and the rest of the world is doing right now, is ensuring that they don't overstep the boundaries of the  ongoing war between themselves and Ukraine. 

[pooya87]

How about Israel? Many, including myself believe, or used to believe that Israel is the nation with the highest number of nukes in the world. does this mean ive been wrong all this years?

It doesn't matter simply because it is an illegitimate regime that is currently struggling for survival and to keep what they've occupied instead of being able to expand like the original plans (to overtake entire Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkey and at least half of Saudi Arabia). In which case it would have mattered to have nukes.

Right now the area the occupiers have managed to still hold on to after 74 years is very tiny so it has no "strategic depth" which means for example a single missile with a non-nuclear warhead hitting their nukes depot would wipe the entire Zionist population out whether it is a single nuke stored there or a lot.

[Smartprofit]

I am just coming across this thread, honestly speaking, Russia is indeed a powerful nation, but i dont think they can become a world power anytime soon, this is if it is even possible for them to ever ascend that throne, their economy might be one of the best, they might have the highest weapon for war and all that, but i dont think USA will ever allow them ascend the throne of becoming world power.

~Snip~

They have the highest number of Nukes in the world. The upset like what has happened in US - Afghan war happens rearly

How about Israel? Many, including myself believe, or used to believe that Israel is the nation with the highest number of nukes in the world. does this mean ive been wrong all this years?

Israel certainly has nuclear weapons, but compared to Russia and the United States, they are few. 

At one time, the leader of Israel said something like this - "No, we do not have nuclear weapons. But if there is a serious threat to our state, then we will use it."  It looked like some kind of trolling. 

In my opinion, it is not nuclear weapons that make a country a superpower.  The Roman Empire was a superpower not because it constantly waged wars, but because it built bridges and water pipelines in the conquered countries. 

A superpower is a state that is the bearer and conductor of progress and civilization.

[be.open]

In my opinion, it is not nuclear weapons that make a country a superpower.  The Roman Empire was a superpower not because it constantly waged wars, but because it built bridges and water pipelines in the conquered countries.  

A superpower is a state that is the bearer and conductor of progress and civilization.

When Russia conquers Ukraine, it will immediately build bridges and water pipelines there. And restore electricity to bring progress and civilization.

[DrBeer]

Judging by tax deductions, pensions and other things (and some of these indicators were classified for some reason in March-April 2022), the real population of Russia may be approximately 80-95 million people.

USA has announced 27 million aid to the Ukraine - along with that they will be helping Ukraine with the Arms and ammunition.
But its not easy to fight with Russia- Russians have sharp mind and they know no mercy. They have the highest number of Nukes in the world. The upset like what has happened in US - Afghan war happens rearly

Yes, I know that the United States not only does not stop military and advisory support to Ukraine, but will continue and increase its volume. For which many thanks to the people of the United States for supporting our fight against the world terrorist!

Regarding the Russian "sharp mind" and "know no mercy" - you are very, VERY very mistaken.
It's very easy to prove
From the point of view of tactics, the army of the country of the terrorist uses approaches ... of the second world war. Now, in addition to stupid terror and the destruction of civilian infrastructure, there are only attempts to shower our army with their "meat in boots." Primitive, untrained, cowardly outcasts - this is today's real Russian army. Yes, there are many. But we have enough ammo and shells to turn them into fertilizer
Regarding "they know no mercy" - believe me - heroism in Russian is when you are armed, there are many of you, and you attack an unarmed grandmother, girl, old man. Russia DOES NOT KNOW how to fight against a commensurate enemy. It is enough to honor the history of the Russian army, and you will be surprised - over the past 120 years, Russia has lost a huge number of wars, and was successful only against a guaranteed, many times weaker enemy. You will not find other examples. That is why Ukraine defeated the Russian strike force in 4 months, has already liberated 50% of the territories seized by Russian terrorists after February 2022. That is why the last 2 months Sergey Lavrov has been whining and begging for negotiations with Ukraine, they are well aware that the war is lost, and very soon "loving the people of Russia" will tear both Putin and Lavrov on Red Square

[DrBeer]

In my opinion, it is not nuclear weapons that make a country a superpower.  The Roman Empire was a superpower not because it constantly waged wars, but because it built bridges and water pipelines in the conquered countries.  

A superpower is a state that is the bearer and conductor of progress and civilization.

When Russia conquers Ukraine, it will immediately build bridges and water pipelines there. And restore electricity to bring progress and civilization.

How a terrorist country built in the sewers of the DPR / LPR )) Ask the residents of Donetsk, which is not shelled, except by their Russian terrorists, how often they have water in their homes. Don't ask about the hot one - they will send you somewhere further away. How often do stores have normal products. How good are they with heating? What services are running? In 2014, in Ukraine, many "paper" services have already been replaced by digital, online services. We ordered and paid for utility bills, certificates, payment for services, food delivery, and much more from a mobile phone. Including Donetsk, and Lugansk. Now the Russian world has come there - read "Stone Age". Since I worked for a company with roots in Donetsk for some time, I still have many acquaintances there. Most of them left when the brown plague of the Russian world came. Some were forced to stay. And the last ones have been writing to me for many years how tired they are of living in the Stone Age, when paying for a communal apartment is a queue, in one window, where you have to stand for a single hour, so that they look at your payroll, give you a paper form for payment, after which you go to a new queue to pay, and then... again first of all a second time to show that you paid. Ask how the suburbs live - Gorlovka, Yenakiyevo, Yasinovataya, Makeevka - there is generally game and the Middle Ages ... Well, more precisely, like in 95% of the territory of Russia

PS and about the country, a terrorist will capture Ukraine - this is mega funny 
Look, those who in February March "captured the whole of Ukraine in 2-3 weeks" have been feeding worms and rats in the fields of free Ukraine for half a year already

[DrBeer]

Yes, yesterday in Russia they announced that they are withdrawing from the concluded agreement on free grain supplies from the seaports of Ukraine. That is, that Russia will continue to fire on and sink civilian ships from different countries that will transport food along the Black Sea to countries that are now in dire need of it. Already today, Russia fired on the sea trade and transport routes of the Dnieper-Bug estuary, including from the Grad MLRS. Russia thus behaves like a terrorist state, a robber and a pirate.

History keeps repeating.
This is what invaders do to another country. For example, when the United States invaded Iraq with the help of NATO and Ukraine, they did the same thing. One of the first things they targeted was the Iraq's civilian infrastructure from hospitals and farms to water and electrical facilities. The electrical grid over there is still pretty messed up to this day.
The same alliance did the same exact thing in Afghanistan, Libya, and a dozen other countries.

And you could not, not be habitually unfounded, but bring evidence and facts, destruction in Iraq, by the forces of the United States, and let it be Ukraine (let's leave it for later, I will lead you another "liquidation of historical illiteracy", and I will tell you what the real mission was limited contingent from Ukraine).
Interested in the facts of the destruction of the Civil infrastructure:
- Hospitals
- Schools
- Shopping centers
- Sleeping areas / peaceful areas (where there were no militants, warehouses, etc.)
- Elements of a civil type system - water pipelines and water treatment plants, power plants, thermal power plants, etc.


... we will keep silent about Syria for now, about carpet bombing of purely civilian cities, and the deliberate destruction of infrastructure ... Like in Ukraine a couple of years later ... By the same terrorists - RUSSIANS!

PS and a control question about Afghanistan: how many civilians in Afghanistan were destroyed by the United States and how many "philanthropic USSR"?
A hint - my father served there ... I am very ashamed and disgusting for this. But on the other hand, I have a real picture of what the USSR was doing there.


UPD ....expected answers are not present and will not be. Well, at most a link to Russian fake media, or some kind of fake Twitter account, with a photo, it’s not clear what

[Wind_FURY]

In my opinion, it is not nuclear weapons that make a country a superpower.  The Roman Empire was a superpower not because it constantly waged wars, but because it built bridges and water pipelines in the conquered countries.  

A superpower is a state that is the bearer and conductor of progress and civilization.

When Russia conquers Ukraine, it will immediately build bridges and water pipelines there. And restore electricity to bring progress and civilization.

Sorry, but it's actually "IF", not "WHEN". That's the purpose of NATO. As long as NATO exists, and its member-states don't change their alliances with Russia/China, truly "conquering" Ukraine will be a big problem. I believe there wouldn't be money, or time to build bridges and water pipelines simply because of "rebels" making Russia busier in dealing with disruptions.

Plus I want to hear your opinion about Nouriel Roubini/Dr. Doom's interview, saying that World War III has "effectively begun".

I was in Washington at the IMF meeting. The economic historian Niall Ferguson said in a speech there that we would be lucky if we got an economic crisis like in the 1970s – and not a war like in the 1940s. National security advisers were worried about NATO getting involved in the war between Russia and Ukraine and Iran and Israel being on a collision course. And just this morning, I read that the Biden administration expects China to attack Taiwan sooner rather than later. Honestly, World War III has already effectively begun, certainly in Ukraine and cyberspace.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/star-economist-roubini-on-the-global-crises-world-war-iii-has-already-effectively-begun-a-fd3126eb-4dd4-42fc-889e-27e4165f6702

[be.open]

In my opinion, it is not nuclear weapons that make a country a superpower.  The Roman Empire was a superpower not because it constantly waged wars, but because it built bridges and water pipelines in the conquered countries.  

A superpower is a state that is the bearer and conductor of progress and civilization.

When Russia conquers Ukraine, it will immediately build bridges and water pipelines there. And restore electricity to bring progress and civilization.

Sorry, but it's actually "IF", not "WHEN". That's the purpose of NATO. As long as NATO exists, and its member-states don't change their alliances with Russia/China, truly "conquering" Ukraine will be a big problem. I believe there wouldn't be money, or time to build bridges and water pipelines simply because of "rebels" making Russia busier in dealing with disruptions.

Plus I want to hear your opinion about Nouriel Roubini/Dr. Doom's interview, saying that World War III has "effectively begun".

I was in Washington at the IMF meeting. The economic historian Niall Ferguson said in a speech there that we would be lucky if we got an economic crisis like in the 1970s – and not a war like in the 1940s. National security advisers were worried about NATO getting involved in the war between Russia and Ukraine and Iran and Israel being on a collision course. And just this morning, I read that the Biden administration expects China to attack Taiwan sooner rather than later. Honestly, World War III has already effectively begun, certainly in Ukraine and cyberspace.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/star-economist-roubini-on-the-global-crises-world-war-iii-has-already-effectively-begun-a-fd3126eb-4dd4-42fc-889e-27e4165f6702

I agree with Roubini's opinion that the third world war has already begun. There is a slight chance that when (if) the Republicans come to power in the United States, the focus of the United States will shift from foreign policy and fomenting conflicts around the world to the direct solution of accumulated domestic economic problems. But I try to look at things realistically and understand perfectly well that the current US course is also a kind of method for solving domestic economic problems, just not direct, but indirect (but no less, and maybe more effective). The problem is that a full-scale third world war is beneficial for the US (provided, of course, that the armed conflict takes place on the other side of the ocean, without affecting US territory itself). Wars that are not beneficial to anyone do not last long and fade quickly. The conflict in Ukraine will continue for a long time and it may spread to the territory of the Baltic States and Poland. With a decrease in the number of combat-ready population of Ukraine, the number of volunteers and mercenaries from Europe and from all over the world will grow, ready to defend "democratic Western values" with weapons in their hands for generous pay. And Russia will have to methodically kill them all, it could take years.

[DrBeer]

A vassal state is a state that is subordinate to another state, but retains its ruler. Such a state is usually deprived of the right to maintain diplomatic relations and conclude treaties, is limited in other types of external relations, but retains independent internal government with some restrictions. The ruler of a vassal state retains the status and title that he had before the conclusion of the vassal treaty.

Well, now try to superimpose a description of the situation with the USA and Japan on this - is it really stupid?

Your definition accurately reflects the relationship between Japan and the United States. As well as the United States and the European Union. Even more dependent relations between the US and Ukraine.

No, no, you don’t need to prove it to me ... I know that for Russians and the "Russian world" in the event that they find themselves in an uncomfortable position due to their stupid statements / actions, the next hag is a stupid, primitive, undisguised denial of reality. Or vice versa - a stupid statement that the white ball is a green cucumber, because only such an option will confirm your "correctness". You do it in the same primitive and stupid way
Take my description, break it down into components and write opposite each individual item - In Japan, this is exactly the case, and here is the proof. And write in there something from reality, in Japan. Of course it will be funny, because. you will obviously write against any point "in Japan exactly like this, everyone knows this, but if you want proof, look for them yourself"!
But. Your behavior once again proves that I'm right, and you, apart from nonsense and fantasies, have no arguments.
I will wait from you for other "pearls" about "reality"