Constantly waving nuclear weapons around is the only way Russia can exert any influence on the global stage anymore.
Russia is not an economic superpower anymore. Its economy is 11th largest in the world now and it’s almost entirely based on oil, which will decline in importance over the coming decades.
They’re not a conventional military superpower anymore either. They can’t even beat Ukraine in a conventional war. NATO would absolutely wipe the floor with them.
They’re also not a soft power superpower anymore. Gone are the days when Russians made major contributions to science and technology. In fact, most of their good scientists and engineers people have left the country by now, because smart and educated people have an unfortunate habit of turning up dead in totalitarian states like Russia.
And finally, they’re not a demographic superpower. Their population is aging and the supply of able-bodied men is declining rapidly to due to the war and Russia’s meat wave tactics.
They’re essentially been reduced to North Korea: a sad joke of a country that barely anyone would even think about if not for the fact that they have nukes, and that’s why Putin emphasizes the nukes so strongly: they’re literally all he’s got.
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Constantly waving nuclear weapons around is the only way Russia can exert any influence on the global stage anymore.
Russia is not an economic superpower anymore. Its economy is 11th largest in the world now and it’s almost entirely based on oil, which will decline in importance over the coming decades.
They’re not a conventional military superpower anymore either. They can’t even beat Ukraine in a conventional war. NATO would absolutely wipe the floor with them.
They’re also not a soft power superpower anymore. Gone are the days when Russians made major contributions to science and technology. In fact, most of their good scientists and engineers people have left the country by now, because smart and educated people have an unfortunate habit of turning up dead in totalitarian states like Russia.
And finally, they’re not a demographic superpower. Their population is aging and the supply of able-bodied men is declining rapidly to due to the war and Russia’s meat wave tactics.
They’re essentially been reduced to North Korea: a sad joke of a country that barely anyone would even think about if not for the fact that they have nukes, and that’s why Putin emphasizes the nukes so strongly: they’re literally all he’s got.