Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Could Russia Become a Failed State?" video.

@jimbraatz4514 About WW2: The Russians, and many others, have forgotten that the armies that defeated the Germans on the east front, were for a large part Ukrainians... In fact, something like 40%. Russians like to consider themselves the successors to the USSR, but they ain't. Ukraine deserves a lot of the credit for what the USSR achieved. Heck, many of the tanks that are now fighting for the Russians were built in Ukraine. Which is one reason why it is so outrageous that Russia uses the former USSR seat in the security council against Ukraine. Ukraine also had a claim to that seat.
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@jimbraatz4514 Super power? Don't let me laugh. Russia is good at terrorism, and that is the only thing it is good at. If NATO were to get involved in the Ukraine war (not invading Russia proper), the war would be over in a week or less, depending on the strategy it took. If it limited itself to taking out the logistical routes, it might take a bit longer. Russia is pathetic compared with NATO. And don't come here talking about nukes. For all we know, the state of the military is so bad those nukes probably won't even fly. And even Putin realizes that if he ever were to use tactical nukes, it would make no difference to the war. Strategic nukes would only turn the whole world, including China, against him. Special Ops teams would have to organise a lottery to determine if the English, Americans, Ukrainians, Poles, Dutch, German, Israeli or Chinese teams would have the honour of taking him out. Very slowly and very painfully.
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Personally, I consider a split-apart Russia much LESS of a threat than a unified one. It is ruled by mafiosi with dreams of empire, with systemic oppression of various minorities, with no hope of democratic renewal. Let it split apart, lose its imperial aspirations, and let the mafiosi lose their power. Then the various peoples can find their own ways.
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That doesn't worry me one bit. Those break-away nations will need one thing more than anything else: MONEY. Putin has bankrupted the nation for decades to come. So I am sure the new nations can be convinced to part with those nukes for the right price. The free nations ("The West") are able to offer a thousand times more than anyone else, so they will get those weapons, and destroy them.
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