Precisely. The tsarist Russian empire. Soviet empire. And since Marxism/Leninism has lost its panache he peddles oligarchic oil wealth and counterfeit Christianity as his mantle instead.
You know they say’ Watch what Trump does not what he says’.
Look at Vlad the same way.
The Soviet Union collapsed because it was hollow. Not the boogie man ‘intelligence’ proclaimed.
Russia is weaker than the USSR by far. Petrol money primarily
Economically they cannot be considered our prime threat.
yes I know they have nukes; so do we.
Germany and the pipeline are giving Russia economic power.