[Skybird]

Yes, I have perfectly understood that yopu are a fan of strong state identity. Russia is there, fine. Its just that it is not en par in civil rights, wealth and innovations with other states. Enlightenment and renniassance passed it by. The industry is extremely backwardly and uncompetitive until today. And for Putin's idea that strength only is to be defined militarily while economically being extremely vulnerable, your beloved Russia is already paying a terribly high price. Russia lost the cold war due to economic collapse and mismanagement. And it is about loosing this confrontation tody as well. Corrupt elites back then - corrupt elites today. And it goes like that back to the first Czars.

When the only thing strong in your country is the state and the military, while economy and finances are a mess, you have the perfect sowing ground for dictatorship growing once again. And it does. Putin is the evidence. The Kremlin is the biggest monopolist of all.