Sweden survived because of neutrality. Should war break out, they will be destroyed in 15 minutes.
“Sweden survived because of neutrality. Should war break out, they will be destroyed in 15 minutes.”
Just fifteen minutes? That’s even shorter than the 3 days it was supposed to take for Ukraine to fall.
Only if it is a "mutually assured destruction" event. In that case, Russia will also be destroyed.
Russia has become a "petroleum state". It can afford a corrupt government because it is propped up by its production of oil, and because it has grown used to corrupt, authoritarian government for over a hundred years.
It does not have the population or industrial resources to invade and conquer Europe in a conventional war. However, it could cause immense destruction and insane waste (as it is currently doing in Ukraine) in an attempt to conquer Europe.
I'm sure they'll be overrun by the same bumbling brutes who promised they could take Kyiv in 48 hours (and it's currently two years later).