[Oldeconomybuyer]

Elections matter. Especially 2008.

[ColdSteelTalon]

Soviet communism never really died. That was the lie. Russia will slip back into communism or a least fascism with socialist underpinnings.

[Thunder90]

Also remember that the two major opposition parties in Russia, including the Russian Communist Party under Zyuganov, are in cahoots with Putin.

[yup2394871293]

Putin is especially weary of America’s BMD which he says is intended to neutralize Russia’s nuclear deterrent

What is Russia trying to deter?

[yup2394871293]

Putin is modernizing Russia’s military already armed with the world’s largest atomic weapons arsenal. Last month Putin declared, according to Interfax, the Russian armed forces will be brought up “to a new level in the next five to 10 years” so that both the army and the military-industrial complex “are capable of guaranteeing Russia stable peace without undermining the national economy.”

Yeah, we'll see how that pans out, given the trend of the last 20 years...