Being Russia and Russian now

[GigaBit]

The sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russian banks, oligarchs, and technology imports have not had a significant impact on the day-to-day lives of ordinary Russians. This is because the sanctions have been targeted at specific individuals and sectors, rather than the broader population.

However, the sanctions have had a broader impact on the Russian economy as a whole. They have limited the ability of Russian companies to access international financial markets and technology, which has slowed down economic growth and led to inflation.

Despite imposing thousands of restrictions, the Russian economy has had little impact. Rather, Europe and America have revealed their failure. Moreover, the negative impact on the dollar at the present time is very naturally indicating the deterioration of the economic condition of America. Some companies initially wrapped up their businesses under sanctions imposed by the US and Europe, but their long-standing restrictions are slowly becoming ineffective. As a result, the inflationary pressures that the Russians were afraid of are slowly coming to light.

[RealMalatesta]

The Russian auto industry is LADA, UAZ, KAMAZ and other brands. Has their production stopped?
European brands closed factories, and Korean and Chinese manufacturers took their place.
Look at how many large pharmaceutical companies there are in Russia, you know how to use the search.
There are basic technologies in Russia, and what is missing will be brought or bought in other countries.

I am pretty sure that Russia is big enough to build whatever they need within, could cost a lot of money for some of them but they can do that. However, it is never nice for these nations to have sanctions, because in order to grow you need to sell something to other people. Imagine a nation that has zero trades with other nations, no buying, no selling, how could that grow?

Obviously Russia has trades with bunch of nations right now, China, India, and many others so they won't face any troubles at the moment, but that doesn't change the issue that they need bigger markets to sell to. But if they want to keep their imperial needs in front of their economy, as we can see it will grow smaller and smaller and will cause financial trouble to citizens.

[stompix]

Look at what cars they produce on their own. https://www.uaz.ru/

Equipment features
Exterior mirrors, door and trunk handles in black
Power windows front and rear doors

So in Russia, this is a feature?   
It used to be extra or why are so happy about the current models?
Oh, and it has door and trunk handles, do they come off?

I talked with KAMAZ employees, almost everything there is Russian. The German engine will again be replaced by a Russian one.

Of course you did, reminds me of how Russian the elite KAMAZ truck is
https://www.race-dezert.com/home/how-russian-is-a-kamaz-dakar-winning-truck-120782.html

Engine. Switzerland.
Turbos. Germany.
Gearbox. Germany.
Braking System. Belgium.
Suspension. Holland.
Axles. Finland.
Cab. Germany.
Tires. France.
Propshafts. Turkey.
Lighting. USA.
Anti Freeze. USA.

Or here is a better one:
Kalashnikov statue changed because of German weapon
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41367394
Even your most sold weapon that you're so proud of is just a stolen copy, and it so looks like you even managed to make a statue with it instead of the AK.

Show me one Russian product, one, that is at least comparable to the cheapest shit produced in Europe that is entirely Russian.
And btw, it's the same with everyone, everyone screams that everything is made in China when in reality even Chinese phones look like this:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/03/huaweis-p40-phone-contains-us-parts-despite-blacklisting/

At least be proud that there is something Europe will never be able to compete with Russia, poverty, lies, and propaganda, and at least to me it looks like you're happy being lied to day after day, that's why your society will never get better, you never accept when the others tell your whole country is so dip in the shit you should close your eyes and mouth not to drown, but just because you perceive everyone as an enemy you continue on your path, going deeper and deeper.
Largest country in the world, full of resources, and with a life expectancy as sub-Saharan Africa and a median wage lower than Mexico.
But keep believing you're doing great!

I am pretty sure that Russia is big enough to build whatever they need within, could cost a lot of money for some of them but they can do that.

The USSR was twice as large, had twice the population and far more resources, and it still ended in the trashcan of history.
Tell me the reason Russia won't!

[zasad@]

Look at what cars they produce on their own. https://www.uaz.ru/

Equipment features
Exterior mirrors, door and trunk handles in black
Power windows front and rear doors

So in Russia, this is a feature?    
It used to be extra or why are so happy about the current models?
Oh, and it has door and trunk handles, do they come off?

I talked with KAMAZ employees, almost everything there is Russian. The German engine will again be replaced by a Russian one.

Of course you did, reminds me of how Russian the elite KAMAZ truck is
https://www.race-dezert.com/home/how-russian-is-a-kamaz-dakar-winning-truck-120782.html

Engine. Switzerland.
Turbos. Germany.
Gearbox. Germany.
Braking System. Belgium.
Suspension. Holland.
Axles. Finland.
Cab. Germany.
Tires. France.
Propshafts. Turkey.
Lighting. USA.
Anti Freeze. USA.

Or here is a better one:
Kalashnikov statue changed because of German weapon
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41367394
Even your most sold weapon that you're so proud of is just a stolen copy, and it so looks like you even managed to make a statue with it instead of the AK.

Show me one Russian product, one, that is at least comparable to the cheapest shit produced in Europe that is entirely Russian.
And btw, it's the same with everyone, everyone screams that everything is made in China when in reality even Chinese phones look like this:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/03/huaweis-p40-phone-contains-us-parts-despite-blacklisting/

At least be proud that there is something Europe will never be able to compete with Russia, poverty, lies, and propaganda, and at least to me it looks like you're happy being lied to day after day, that's why your society will never get better, you never accept when the others tell your whole country is so dip in the shit you should close your eyes and mouth not to drown, but just because you perceive everyone as an enemy you continue on your path, going deeper and deeper.
Largest country in the world, full of resources, and with a life expectancy as sub-Saharan Africa and a median wage lower than Mexico.
But keep believing you're doing great!

I am pretty sure that Russia is big enough to build whatever they need within, could cost a lot of money for some of them but they can do that.

The USSR was twice as large, had twice the population and far more resources, and it still ended in the trashcan of history.
Tell me the reason Russia won't!

Look at the production of the Kamaz enterprise.
No need to discuss single models that participate in the rally to advertise Kamaz. Most of the details in the plant's products are Russian.
https://kamaz.ru/

You say that the Kalashnikov is based on the German Stg-44 assault rifle. Did you hold these 2 rifles in your hands?
AK-47 and Stg-44 are somewhat similar and they have a similar trigger mechanism, but everything else is very different. By this logic, all machine guns are similar to each other.
But why are you silent that the developer of the Stg-44 used the idea of ​​a trigger mechanism for the Czechoslovakian ZH-29 rifle? The weapon is not only the appearance and design, but also the technology of metal processing.
Even today, gun lovers in other countries are willing to pay extra money to buy a Russian Kalashnikov and not a Chinese one.

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Russia and Europe had only mutually beneficial partnerships, we have not had military conflicts for a long time. If you think that in Russia everything will drown in shit without Europe, then continue to think like that. Your propaganda knows everything:)

[DrBeer]

Russia is a terrorist?
Are you not familiar with this information?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5441385
Soon your propaganda will tell you that Russia started the Great Patriotic War and Russia attacked Germany. How the Americans told the Japanese that it was Russia that bombed their cities with atomic bombs.

 

China generally says that they are the second pole of the bipolar world, having wiped their feet about the "greatness of Russia" - do not forget this either, since you are referring to some Chinese diplomat

And about terrorism - I have to disappoint you greatly. Yes, Russia is a terrorist country!
We can go a long way, we can take a shorter one so as not to take both your time and mine.
Look - what is "TERRORISM"?
There are several readings of this word. Terrorism is defined in Russian law as “the ideology of violence and the practice of influencing public consciousness, decision-making by state authorities, local governments or international organizations, associated with forceful influence, intimidation of the civilian population and / or other forms of illegal violent actions”

Now back to modern history. Ichkkeria, Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine... You can name a few more examples, it is absolutely not difficult. Everything that Russia did on the territory of these states will definitely fall under the Russian description of terrorism. Or is it not?

But we can even return to the origins of the USSR and the Kremlin authorities. Let me remind you - In 1939 - POLAND. And here I will clarify - the USSR began the Great Patriotic War, and the Second World War, together with Nazi Germany, against Europe. We started - from Romania, Finland, Poland ... Or did you not know this, is the propaganda somehow silent about this?

At the same time - I listed a SMALL part of the real crimes of Russia.

And then there were terrorist attacks against YOUR population - explosions of residential buildings, with YOUR citizens .. Forgotten? And how the FSB militants were caught who did not have time to blow up another house, and then it was all passed off as "exercises", and it was LEGALLY forbidden in Russia even to resume investigations of those terrorist attacks, right up to 2050.

Now the peaceful cities of Ukraine are being DESTROYED. Strikes are delivered ONLY on civilian objects, civilian infrastructure ... Uman - 2 hits in a RESIDENTIAL HOUSE and a civilian warehouse. Peaceful people died. They died at 4 am. When a Russian rocket flew into their house. Uman is a city far from the line of hostilities, the strike was carried out by medium-range missiles, i.e. INTENTIONALLY and PURPOSELY.

One of the key features of RASHIZM is a vile lie! Stupid, primitive lies and the same stupid denunciation of facts ...

[zasad@]

The Russian auto industry is LADA, UAZ, KAMAZ and other brands. Has their production stopped?
European brands closed factories, and Korean and Chinese manufacturers took their place.
Look at how many large pharmaceutical companies there are in Russia, you know how to use the search.
There are basic technologies in Russia, and what is missing will be brought or bought in other countries.

I am pretty sure that Russia is big enough to build whatever they need within, could cost a lot of money for some of them but they can do that. However, it is never nice for these nations to have sanctions, because in order to grow you need to sell something to other people. Imagine a nation that has zero trades with other nations, no buying, no selling, how could that grow?

Obviously Russia has trades with bunch of nations right now, China, India, and many others so they won't face any troubles at the moment, but that doesn't change the issue that they need bigger markets to sell to. But if they want to keep their imperial needs in front of their economy, as we can see it will grow smaller and smaller and will cause financial trouble to citizens.

You can talk about sanctions only when they work. And so it looks like a big circus. I go to an auto parts store, where there are a lot of goods that should not be in Russia. I go to a household appliances store and see that there are products of European companies, what they don’t have, they will bring you an order in 2-4 weeks. I go to a pharmacy and see Medicines from Europe and America.
Yes, exclusive European brands have disappeared in Russia, for example, a $500 T-shirt or a $11,000 bag.
I can buy it now, but I don't give a damn about it, I have bought other companies' products for much cheaper and not worse quality before.
Recently in Russia they began to block games on the phone from Russian IPs. My kids have installed VPN, but free versions are limited either in terms of traffic volume or speed. Children stopped playing games and reading books, thanks to the sanctions.

[be.open]

Now the peaceful cities of Ukraine are being DESTROYED. Strikes are delivered ONLY on civilian objects, civilian infrastructure ... Uman - 2 hits in a RESIDENTIAL HOUSE and a civilian warehouse. Peaceful people died. They died at 4 am. When a Russian rocket flew into their house. Uman is a city far from the line of hostilities, the strike was carried out by medium-range missiles, i.e. INTENTIONALLY and PURPOSELY.

A residential building in Uman was hit by missiles shot down by a Ukrainian missile defense system. The tragedy of the inhabitants of this house is the success of the Ukrainian missile defense. This is not the first incident of its kind.

Stop this dramatic hand wringing. A military special operation is underway, with inevitable accompanying losses among the civilian population on both sides. Recently, in Donetsk, seven people were burned alive in a minibus as a result of a direct hit by a MLRS rocket fired from Avdiivka, which is controlled by Kyiv. Donetsk has become accustomed to this after almost nine years of continuous shelling by the Ukrainian Nazis.

[zasad@]

Russia is a terrorist?
Are you not familiar with this information?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5441385
Soon your propaganda will tell you that Russia started the Great Patriotic War and Russia attacked Germany. How the Americans told the Japanese that it was Russia that bombed their cities with atomic bombs.

But we can even return to the origins of the USSR and the Kremlin authorities. Let me remind you - In 1939 - POLAND. And here I will clarify - the USSR began the Great Patriotic War, and the Second World War, together with Nazi Germany, against Europe. We started - from Romania, Finland, Poland ... Or did you not know this, is the propaganda somehow silent about this?

Nothing more needs to be said. Your propaganda is making progress. Even in German history, much has been written about Nazism and the war crimes of Hitler and his team, which were proven and published at the Nuremberg trials.
If you are Russian, then your ancestors died in this war. It is you who quickly forget your history, and the Chinese still remember the opium wars.

[DrBeer]

Now the peaceful cities of Ukraine are being DESTROYED. Strikes are delivered ONLY on civilian objects, civilian infrastructure ... Uman - 2 hits in a RESIDENTIAL HOUSE and a civilian warehouse. Peaceful people died. They died at 4 am. When a Russian rocket flew into their house. Uman is a city far from the line of hostilities, the strike was carried out by medium-range missiles, i.e. INTENTIONALLY and PURPOSELY.

A residential building in Uman was hit by missiles shot down by a Ukrainian missile defense system. The tragedy of the inhabitants of this house is the success of the Ukrainian missile defense. This is not the first incident of its kind.

Stop this dramatic hand wringing. A military special operation is underway, with inevitable accompanying losses among the civilian population on both sides. Recently, in Donetsk, seven people were burned alive in a minibus as a result of a direct hit by a MLRS rocket fired from Avdiivka, which is controlled by Kyiv. Donetsk has become accustomed to this after almost nine years of continuous shelling by the Ukrainian Nazis.

It feels like listening to ORT. Do you know why Nazi propagandists were hanged, although they did not kill anyone with their own hands or orders? For the fact that with their fake news and "explanations" they untied the hands of murderers, sadists, criminals and justified their crimes. The same is happening in modern Russia. Propaganda told you that at first we fired at ourselves, then that we ourselves killed the inhabitants of Bucha, Irpen, Izyum, .... now, launching rockets at peaceful cities, they invent such an excuse.
In this case, everything is much more transparent. Of the total number of missiles that flew up to the peaceful, sleeping cities of Ukraine at 4 in the morning, our air defense failed to shoot down 2 ... It was these missiles that "hit the targets" set by Russian terrorists.
You can search for a photo of a house in Kyiv, which in March 2022 suffered from the fall of a downed rocket, and look at the completely DESTROYED entrance, which was destroyed by the explosion of the BC of an entire rocket. I understand you want to somehow justify Russia, your homeland ... But she is a terrorist and a vile killer of civilians. Try to spend your energy on something more correct. For example, to speak out in your own country against the WAR... Although I know that in Russia today for a poster with the inscription "no to war" you will get a term and a huge fine... Cowardice is the second main feature of rashizma!

[Argoo]

Not a bad headline, finally European and American leaders showed their true colors. Sanctions failed, they don't work.
My friends live in Europe now they are afraid. They moved there more than 5 years ago, they have legal income and official salary. But they are afraid to buy real estate there and keep a lot of money in banks. Thanks to this, they learned what cryptocurrencies are Europeans are wary of hiring Russians to work in Europe, if the company has Russian founders, then in Europe they do not work with this company. Russians have a lot of problems in Europe now, although they have been living there for 5 and 10 years, but they have not changed their citizenship. This is the true face of European democracy. Even in America there are no such problems.
I communicate with Russian IT people. A lot of people left Europe for other countries because they don't want to put up with this shit.

A really good headline on what it means to be Russian now, especially while living in European countries. Are Russians now afraid to be in Europe? Are Europeans now wary of them and do not build their business with companies where the founders are Russians? Are you not satisfied with such attitudes towards Russians? And what, should they be applauded for the atrocities that the Russians are now committing in Ukraine? Yes, they should still be grateful that they are not killed there like rabid dogs. Yes, civilization, humane laws, nothing can be done.

For the second year now, the Russians have been bombing and shelling absolutely the entire territory of Ukraine almost every day, and they hit precisely residential buildings, schools, hospitals, and last winter they tried to hit energy infrastructure facilities with cruise missiles in order to deprive the civilian population of heat, light and water. Moreover, all this time, the inhabitants of Russia support the war in Ukraine by 70-75 percent and are especially happy on social networks when there is a hit by a rocket in a multi-storey building and it demolishes entire porches along with sleeping women and children.

Russia is an international terrorist and therefore the attitude towards Russians in other countries should be appropriate. Now there are very few countries left in Europe that the Kremlin would not threaten to seize after Ukraine. So, do you need to kiss Russians for this when you meet?

[ringgo96]

the life of the Russian state today is not much different before they went to war with Ukraine because that country is indeed good at managing their economy even though they have received many sanctions from other countries but they are still able to stand up and even continue to be a threat to other countries that export and import with Russia because trade with Russia is not smooth, and currently they continue to create new technologies that will continue to compete with other countries.

[zasad@]

Not a bad headline, finally European and American leaders showed their true colors. Sanctions failed, they don't work.
My friends live in Europe now they are afraid. They moved there more than 5 years ago, they have legal income and official salary. But they are afraid to buy real estate there and keep a lot of money in banks. Thanks to this, they learned what cryptocurrencies are Europeans are wary of hiring Russians to work in Europe, if the company has Russian founders, then in Europe they do not work with this company. Russians have a lot of problems in Europe now, although they have been living there for 5 and 10 years, but they have not changed their citizenship. This is the true face of European democracy. Even in America there are no such problems.
I communicate with Russian IT people. A lot of people left Europe for other countries because they don't want to put up with this shit.

A really good headline on what it means to be Russian now, especially while living in European countries. Are Russians now afraid to be in Europe? Are Europeans now wary of them and do not build their business with companies where the founders are Russians? Are you not satisfied with such attitudes towards Russians? And what, should they be applauded for the atrocities that the Russians are now committing in Ukraine? Yes, they should still be grateful that they are not killed there like rabid dogs. Yes, civilization, humane laws, nothing can be done.

For the second year now, the Russians have been bombing and shelling absolutely the entire territory of Ukraine almost every day, and they hit precisely residential buildings, schools, hospitals, and last winter they tried to hit energy infrastructure facilities with cruise missiles in order to deprive the civilian population of heat, light and water. Moreover, all this time, the inhabitants of Russia support the war in Ukraine by 70-75 percent and are especially happy on social networks when there is a hit by a rocket in a multi-storey building and it demolishes entire porches along with sleeping women and children.

Russia is an international terrorist and therefore the attitude towards Russians in other countries should be appropriate. Now there are very few countries left in Europe that the Kremlin would not threaten to seize after Ukraine. So, do you need to kiss Russians for this when you meet?

Who are you going to kill? Russian people who have been living in Europe for many years or people who fled to Europe so as not to participate in a military conflict?
Maybe you forgot to take your pills before posting?
Who else has the Kremlin promised to capture? There will be no winners in World War III.
When the Americans are bombing cities and killing civilians, you sit in silence.
That's the whole principle of European democracy, and you only notice what is convenient for you. If you think that Russians need to confiscate real estate and block bank accounts or kill them, then write it in the laws of your country, No need to be cowards and hypocrites!

[bitgolden]

I am glad that you are a progressive supporter of gender equality, but here you are mistaken - recruitment for Wagner volunteers was carried out only among male prisoners. In general, this is a unique and apparently successful experiment in the socialization of criminals, after the expiration of the contract, the former prisoner receives 1,200,000 rubles, the status of a war veteran with social benefits, the Wagner medal "For Courage", an extinguished criminal record and the opportunity to start life from scratch.

The benefits that they are getting is tiny compared to the risk they are taking. We are talking about people who were in prison, a bad situation, and the reward is getting out and living an easy life, a good situation. But what do you need to do in order to go from prison to there? You need to follow Putin's idiotic war and do what he asks you to do and potentially (possibly) die for them.

This is why there is absolutely nothing that worths your life, you will literally die and there is no reward if you die, because you are dead. Which is why I honestly think that you should not do it, even prison is better than dying, why would you risk your life just because Putin is a moron? I personally feel that's a wrong move in the end.

[DrBeer]

Nothing more needs to be said. Your propaganda is making progress. Even in German history, much has been written about Nazism and the war crimes of Hitler and his team, which were proven and published at the Nuremberg trials.
If you are Russian, then your ancestors died in this war. It is you who quickly forget your history, and the Chinese still remember the opium wars.

Dear zasad@
I do not rule out that I may be wrong in some part of the questions. I agree, I'm not a perfect connoisseur of everything. But if you consider it propaganda, i.e. deliberate distortion of information, I am ready with you, here in front of everyone, to discuss the facts that I have cited, which you consider "propaganda"! And if the facts prove that I was wrong - I will apologize to you in front of everyone, and I confess that what I wrote is wild, unrealistic propaganda, and an attempt to lie. If not, then you will confirm that what I said is true, and you did not know the real story, and therefore allowed yourself such statements! Do you agree?

I guess not!
And there will be excuses too, without any arguments, but about the fact that "there is no one to talk to, you have one propaganda, everyone already knows that this is not so" ... Well, or something very similar

PS Truth against Russian propaganda, it's like incense against devils

[zasad@]

Nothing more needs to be said. Your propaganda is making progress. Even in German history, much has been written about Nazism and the war crimes of Hitler and his team, which were proven and published at the Nuremberg trials.
If you are Russian, then your ancestors died in this war. It is you who quickly forget your history, and the Chinese still remember the opium wars.

Dear zasad@
I do not rule out that I may be wrong in some part of the questions. I agree, I'm not a perfect connoisseur of everything. But if you consider it propaganda, i.e. deliberate distortion of information, I am ready with you, here in front of everyone, to discuss the facts that I have cited, which you consider "propaganda"! And if the facts prove that I was wrong - I will apologize to you in front of everyone, and I confess that what I wrote is wild, unrealistic propaganda, and an attempt to lie. If not, then you will confirm that what I said is true, and you did not know the real story, and therefore allowed yourself such statements! Do you agree?

I guess not!
And there will be excuses too, without any arguments, but about the fact that "there is no one to talk to, you have one propaganda, everyone already knows that this is not so" ... Well, or something very similar

PS Truth against Russian propaganda, it's like incense against devils

It seems to me that you forgot the history of the Second World War and an important document of Nazi Germany is Directive No. 21. Plan "Barbarossa" "(German: Weisung Nr. 21. Fall Barbarossa)"
Find this document in English or original German and check who attacked whom first.

I gave you an example when the Japanese tell the Russians that we do not know history and that it was the USSR that dropped atomic bombs on Heroshima and Nagasaki. Do you also think so?

[FUCKBSVFUCK]

A new Russian economy would have some changes depending on how it is going and if it will be even a small one.

[dezoel]

I feel like there are two sides of this that are evil and that makes the rest of the world watching laugh. The west that talks badly about Russia is right, Russia is a beautiful nation that is ruled by a moron dictator and that causes plenty of people to die needlessly and the economy sucks and even if you manage to build everything on your own, you need export to make money and this will cause a big trouble.

Russia talking about west is right as well, war in Ukraine might be terrible but not like West hasn't attacked middle east for the past 20 years, we have seen that, west has done much worse war crimes before as well. So, Russia is right about west and west is right about Russia if you ask any nation that is staying out of this, like mine, we just laugh at your attacks against each other.

[DrBeer]

Nothing more needs to be said. Your propaganda is making progress. Even in German history, much has been written about Nazism and the war crimes of Hitler and his team, which were proven and published at the Nuremberg trials.
If you are Russian, then your ancestors died in this war. It is you who quickly forget your history, and the Chinese still remember the opium wars.

Dear zasad@
I do not rule out that I may be wrong in some part of the questions. I agree, I'm not a perfect connoisseur of everything. But if you consider it propaganda, i.e. deliberate distortion of information, I am ready with you, here in front of everyone, to discuss the facts that I have cited, which you consider "propaganda"! And if the facts prove that I was wrong - I will apologize to you in front of everyone, and I confess that what I wrote is wild, unrealistic propaganda, and an attempt to lie. If not, then you will confirm that what I said is true, and you did not know the real story, and therefore allowed yourself such statements! Do you agree?


The USSR did NOT start the Great Patriotic War, but World War II, and together with Nazi Germany against European countries, since 1939 - true / false? Arguments?

September 17, 1939, Soviet troops entered the territory of Poland - true / false? Arguments?

November 30, 1939, Soviet troops entered the territory of Finland - true / false? Arguments?

On June 26, 1940, the USSR demanded Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina from the Romanian government under the threat of military force ... - true / false? Arguments?


I guess not!
And there will be excuses too, without any arguments, but about the fact that "there is no one to talk to, you have one propaganda, everyone already knows that this is not so" ... Well, or something very similar

PS Truth against Russian propaganda, it's like incense against devils

[Smartprofit]

When it comes to the future of Russia, the militarization of the country is of most concern.  People are taught to think that war is a natural state of affairs.
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Concern for whom? NATO has been launching proxy wars against Russia ever since the USSR broke up in 1992. Despite all the assurances that were given, NATO continues to expand to the western borders of Russia. Given this, do you really expect them to sit back relaxed and sing nursery rhymes? They are doing all that is needed to preserve their country. Else what happened in Libya and Iraq will repeat in Russia as well. Every country has a right to defend itself (including Russia) and I don't know why you are complaining about it.

In my opinion, children's songs are exactly what Russia needs now. 

The unfavorable demographic situation (insufficient birth rate of the indigenous population) is the main problem of the Russian Federation.  India does not have such a problem, but Russia has such a problem. 

Until 2022, this was perhaps the only serious acute problem of the Russian Federation (because all other problems were solved in one way or another).  NATO's eastward expansion presents a challenge.  At one time, as far as I know, Russia was denied its request to join NATO.  Nevertheless, no one prevented Russia from re-equipping the army and navy, trading with other countries and mastering new modern technologies. 

These measures, combined with a reasonable and adequate foreign policy, in my opinion, completely stop potential external threats from NATO countries.

[Jamala]

When it comes to the future of Russia, the militarization of the country is of most concern.  People are taught to think that war is a natural state of affairs.
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Concern for whom? NATO has been launching proxy wars against Russia ever since the USSR broke up in 1992. Despite all the assurances that were given, NATO continues to expand to the western borders of Russia. Given this, do you really expect them to sit back relaxed and sing nursery rhymes? They are doing all that is needed to preserve their country. Else what happened in Libya and Iraq will repeat in Russia as well. Every country has a right to defend itself (including Russia) and I don't know why you are complaining about it.

In my opinion, children's songs are exactly what Russia needs now. 

The unfavorable demographic situation (insufficient birth rate of the indigenous population) is the main problem of the Russian Federation.  India does not have such a problem, but Russia has such a problem. 

Until 2022, this was perhaps the only serious acute problem of the Russian Federation (because all other problems were solved in one way or another).  NATO's eastward expansion presents a challenge.  At one time, as far as I know, Russia was denied its request to join NATO.  Nevertheless, no one prevented Russia from re-equipping the army and navy, trading with other countries and mastering new modern technologies. 

These measures, combined with a reasonable and adequate foreign policy, in my opinion, completely stop potential external threats from NATO countries.

With a population of about 146,110,000, I think Russia is sufficiently populated to meet its needs. A willing population may be an issue. Multiple threats and sanctions have been meted against Russia by NATO whose sole aim is annihilation of Russia. Truly, you want prepare adequately for war and disaster, but I think Russia is holding strong against a seemingly superior opponents. I only pray things are resolved soonest.