Ha, the Americans could down an F-22 with 10 F-15's so it isn't a unique russian problem.
And no I haven't been watching channel 1 I have been reading various reports on the internet. The euros are having as many problems with their AESA. Why haven't they put it in the Typhoon yet? Same with the French Rafale, the RB2 isn't ready either.
And the last time I was in Moscow last year in fact I didn't see the Russian police regularly running around with AK-47s either, in fact most were unarmed.
Also having travelled round Russia I saw poverty but not extreme poverty in every city.
And insulting behaviour from officials in Russia, again not a uniquely Russian problem, get it just as often when dealing with bureaucrats in the UK. See there are several types of Russians I have met in the UK. Normal ones who can see the faults of their country but are still proud to be Russian, those who blindly think Russia is the best thing since sliced bread (which is of course daft) and then the self hating Russians who are ashamed to be Russian and will slag off their country to anyone who will listen. They are the ones who seem to get the attention over here.
You never explained what you meant by extreme poverty.
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