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Is it just me, or is Biden biting the bear trying to get it to bite back?
Originally posted by plumranch
But the problems Russia are facing is:
Decreasing population. They only have 150,000,000 and falling. Decreasing work force, decreasing troup strength, noone to support the increasing older population.
Originally posted by plumranch
Little in the way of innovation. Ever heard of a hot new Russian computer of gadget??
Originally posted by plumranch
Russia industry is old industry, their only strength is oil, gas and some minerals.
Originally posted by plumranch
The US has an immigration problem. Russia has nearly no immigration.
Originally posted by plumranch
Who would ever choose to live in Russia??
Originally posted by plumranch
I've been there and was so happy to get back to the west. Such a depressing place!
Originally posted by breakingdradles
Biden Says Weakened Russia Will Bend to U.S.
online.wsj.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that Russia's economy is "withering," and suggested the trend will force the country to make accommodations to the West on a wide range of national-security issues, including loosening its grip on former Soviet republics and shrinking its vast nuclear arsenal.
Mr. Biden said he believes Russia's economic problems are part of a series of developments that have contributed to a significant rethinking by Moscow of its international self-interest. The geographical proximity of the emerging nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea is also likely
Originally posted by breakingdradles
Here he goes again!!
Right after Obama tries to patch up the US relationship with Russia, Biden sends them another zinger.
The problem is, like the US durring the first oil boom, Russia is selling oil to a large portion of the world.
The US gets their oil from the Middle East and just about everyone else gets it from Russia.
Their economy depends on their oil sales, which as we've all seen, prices are going back up.
Is it just me, or is Biden biting the bear trying to get it to bite back?
online.wsj.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
But you are right - everyone in the world only wants to live in la-la land that is the US - and every other place stinks.
It only seem so because whats in Russia is really RUSSIAN. They have still great potential.
Originally posted by warrenb
reply to post by breakingdradles
he must be living in fantasy land
I don't see Russia bending over at all, they are the biggest country in terms of landmass
Originally posted by maloy
What about space industry - where Russian rocket and satellite technologies are among the best and most utilized in the world? What about heave machinery and industrial equipment? What military and defense technology? On top of that virtually all global high-tech companies like Intel, Microsoft, Boeing, Airbus, and many others have design and engineering bureaus in Russia.
From now on India will be buying American weapons. The USA and India came to such an agreement during Hillary Clinton’s visit to Delhi on July 20. India has been using Russian and Soviet weapons for 50 years.
BREAKING NEWS
Russian arms become less competitive
The relations between Russia and India, including those in the field of military and technical cooperation, have been worsening recently. India turned its attention to other partners and entered into transactions with Israel, France and other manufacturers of military hardware.
Now the USA, Russia’s major competitor in this sphere, completed this list.
A new scandal arose several days before Clinton’s visit to Delhi. It proved that Russia had sold India defective air-to-air rockets. Up to 50 percent of the rockets were reportedly defective. Therefore, the question of whether India continues to buy weapons from Russia remains open after the nation signed the defense cooperation agreement with the United States.