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Originally Posted by Type941
Regarding democracy bit, again, democracy means different things to different people.
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Amen to that.
Russia is still in deep trouble, but the problems are less political and more social.
As far as Russians, although due to the social problems there is a growing nationalist movement, it's still very much in the minority.
If there's anything generalizable that Russians are, meanwhile, it's that they're incredibly passive politically.
Democracy? Let's not fool ourselves. Nationalism? It's not strong enough yet. Break up? To what? There's no strong regional loyalties, with a few exceptions in the Caucasus perhaps - but these are tiny.
My bet - Russia stays in its' quasi-democratic former-KGB limbo. In a few decades, perhaps, Siberia goes to China. I don't think the Karelia thing might go far - but perhaps if Finland gets rich, they could buy it.