JRL NEWSWATCH: “The Best Way to Deal With Russia: Wait for It to Implode” – Politico/ Peter Eltsov

“… Putin has moved to annex former Soviet territories, orchestrated cyberattacks on foreign infrastructure and rolled back domestic democratic protections …. [I]n reality, Russia today is much weaker than either the Romanov Empire, which lasted from 1613 to 1917, or the Soviet Union. Russia’s biggest problem is internal: … fail[ing] to produce a national identity … encompass[ing] its entire population. Millions … have a dubious allegiance to their state, and as soon as Moscow weakens its tightly held control over local elections – likely only to happen when Putin is no longer president  – those groups will seek independence. … First, … separatist impulses inside Russia are strong. … Second, Russia’s unifying ideology … just doesn’t have the power of … earlier counterparts. Last, Russia’s current intellectual and economic circumstances pale in comparison to … the Czar’s Empire or the Soviet Union. … [H]igher education and science … are in a catastrophically poor state. The economy is resource-based with no signs of modernization. … [C]hildren of Russia’s elites prefer to study and live in the West. The world needs to be ready for the disintegration of Russia. … Russia continues its very slow implosion – no outside meddling necessary.”

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