Exactly, the little middle class there was literally all just left to Istanbul or Europe proper, some even tryna come up through Mexico. So now all thats left is a bellicose Putinist underclass, being ruled over by Oligarchs and cronies in his camp. All the Navalny supporters are gone or in hiding. If you ever watched DBZ, Russia went from Super Buu (Soviets) to just Majin Buu (pre-Ukraine invasion) to Kid Buu. Theyre weaker than ever but theyre more dangerous than ever cause theyre not fukking rational, I have no doubt in my mind that Putin would blow up half of Europe if NATO marched on Moscow and thats why Im pro de-escalation. We could probably engage them in a conventional war in Ukraine, the Baltics or Poland if they invaded, beat them, and push them back without a nuclear holocaust. But any attempt to do them like Sadaam or Gaddafi and its a wrap for humanity. But if sanctions couldnt take out North Korea Iran and Venezuela they wont remove Vlad from power. So were stuck in this new Cold War for a while.
