I’d also like to point out nobody is moving to the Brics nations. So add all the African and middle eastern countries to this new super group, their citizens will continue to risk their lives to move to the west.
Much like Russia‘s battle doctrine (outdated and can’t take on a puny neighbor), its way of expanding population is from a 15th century mindset.
Somehow despite this genius of 8M increase, its population is declining: in the 21st century countries from the middle east / Gulf and Europe make their nations economically progressive to where people from other parts of the world want to migrate to, in some cases even putting their lives at risk.
WHen the whole world’s population (not Governments) detest Russia, nobody wants to move to Russia , Russia decides to expand as if it’s 500 years ago, and still cannot reduce its population decline.
Russia’s Population Decline Hits Record Rate - The Moscow Times
Russia’s population shrank by a record average of 86,000 people a month between January and May, state statistics agency Rosstat has said. The decline surpasses the previous record contraction of 57,000 people a month in 2002, when Russia’s population shrank to 145.3 million from nearly 146...www.themoscowtimes.com
EXACTLY . It is a buyers remorse situation: $5BN on US weapons, around $7BN if Europe included in last decade and $25BN on Russia. Russian weapons were starting to be considered sub-par by India so its maritime patrol, transport, gunships all US. And after the issues with SU30, it chose Rafael to replace its Mig21s. But It has 3 decades worth of Russian arms investment that it cant eject out of. SO this move is more out of desperation to keep its army supplied (its AIr Force has already started to go in a different direction) and Navy somewhat in tact.
Selling oil but making less money… doing it. Hardly a win for Russia. Ultimately no power is definite and sure the Europeans feel they won’t dominate as they did in the past. But Russia’s day of being a counterbalance to US are long gone with this regional conflict. Since you are involved in academic circles, you should know the bigger threat to the western democracies was how Putin had weaponized social media over the last decade and how Right wing Govts that were fringe almost got prominence. That was the bigger threat to the national security establishment.
Newflash: F-16s have consistently shotdown inferior Russian equipment over the last 30 years across the world and continue to do so. Hardly a trash removal equivalent…..And F-16s are still in production
I told you I was a janitor. I cleaned hangars. So...Why are you so chickenshit about your assertion that the F-111 is not nuclear capable?
Just bomb the Russians until they run out of foods, and waters. They can’t hide in trenches for eternity.
