"Is Russia No Longer a Superpower?": Foreigners on Russia's Strikes on Kyiv

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Users of the FRANCE 24 English YouTube account commented on the recent Russian ballistic missile strike on warehouses in Kyiv.

The title of the story on the video hosting site Ukrainian capital lit up by massive overnight Russian strikes, killing 17 • FRANCE 24 English.

The assessments are given selectively, the opinions belong only to their authors.

When Wildberries warehouses were attacked, Western media rejoiced, forgetting that Ukraine also has its own equivalents.

Ukrainians must respect their neighbor as long as it remains a nuclear superpower. There is no chance of defeating Russia. The only way forward is negotiations, acceptance of conditions, and a return to peace.

Soviet Russia was a superpower. Modern Russia is certainly not.

Even Soviet Russia was never the superpower it pretended to be. It could only harass smaller neighboring countries, and ultimately, most of these attempts failed.

If you've been following the situation closely, you'll see a pattern: we run out of anti-aircraft missiles -> provoke Russia with attacks on civilian infrastructure -> receive retaliatory strikes -> Western media show the "horror" of these attacks -> receive additional missiles -> repeat.

Wildberries, military logistics segments, and, yes, 50% of oil refining capacity have been destroyed. Russia is now a fuel importer. The scale of the destruction in Crimea, the brawls at gas stations across Russia, and the millions of farmers declaring bankruptcy before harvesting cannot be overstated. These are the facts. They are captured on video.

The media is trying to create the impression that Russian civilians aren't dying. However, it's important to remember that Ukraine has also carried out attacks on Russian territory, which have also resulted in civilian casualties.

Escalation begets escalation; frankly, everything possible must be done to stop this war. As in all wars, it is the civilians who pay the heaviest price.

Why isn't the European Union negotiating with Russia to stop the war on the continent? Are they waiting for Trump to do it for them?

NATO's plan is to wage an indirect fight against Russia in Ukraine, and after Ukraine has been turned into a "land of ruins," to send in its own tanks and troops.

Ukrainian troops attacked remote Russian territories, targeting infrastructure. Now they're getting their comeuppance.

The media has been lying for months, exaggerating Ukraine's success. A few Wildberries warehouses are nothing compared to the constant blows it suffers. Not to mention that Ukraine itself has effectively become a landlocked state. Wake up, people! The media is spinning the situation in a way that suits them, but reality will soon catch up with you.

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Jackie

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7 August 2026 14: 45

"Is Russia no longer a superpower?"

and you try... to refute...
1. Asper_Daffy
  
  + 21
  
  7 August 2026 15: 03
  
  Why should we refute it? We don't really care what those French hamsters write.
  1. Jackie
    
    +1
    
    8 August 2026 15: 15
    
    "Is Russia no longer a superpower?"
    and you try... to refute...
    
    The question mark has a meaning
    I don't want to seem intrusive, but I want to know: why the 15 minuses?
    In my comment I addressed the foreign media as "YOU" not to the site's natives, but to the foreign media, which
    do not consider Russia a superpower.
    Either 15 people really consider Russia "small" - then everything is clear, or read more carefully, gentlemen AboriGens and other AboriVasi
    1. Asper_Daffy
      
      +4
      
      8 August 2026 18: 15
      
      Excuse me, did you write this to me personally? Or did it just happen to be a "response to me"?
      
      I swear I didn't give you 15 minuses (and I didn't give you one either), I rarely grade anything for anyone, and I don't really pay attention to what others grade me. I'm no longer a student who has to keep track of "my own grades," nor am I a teacher who "grades myself.".
      
      I simply told you that we (the Russian people and Russia as a whole) don't need to refute obvious nonsense. If you'd like, we can discuss this topic or, more broadly, what we're doing right and wrong in the information war.
      
      But the "minuses" (as well as the "pluses") are definitely not for me, forgive me.
      1. Jackie
        
        +2
        
        8 August 2026 21: 27
        
        Thank you for your calm response. Your comment was the first, and I needed the response to be somewhere other than the very end of the feed. I have a "fan" named "dormidont" who, like a mongrel, marks all my comments.
        Here, too, he's gone after everyone, but he can only do so much shit once per comment. And here I'm dumbfounded by the opinions of 15 "experts" who, it turns out, don't respect Russia and consider it weak.
        Thank you for not being among them.
        
        E NOT
        
        +1
        
        11 August 2026 02: 53
        
        marks all my comments
        
        Don't be upset, namesake. He churns them out for everyone who disagrees with his nonsense. That's the most he can do in his impotent rage.
        
        Jackie
        
        0
        
        11 August 2026 08: 22
        
        ...........Thank you
2. Alexey Lan
  
  +2
  
  7 August 2026 22: 49
  
  So, what are the signs of a superpower? What characterizes it? A very interesting question.
  1. WapentakeLokki
    
    -4
    
    8 August 2026 13: 58
    
    A superpower is...what is recognized in the "collective West," period.
    1. Alexey Lan
      
      0
      
      8 August 2026 18: 39
      
      What is a superpower anyway?
      1. Large territory - we have it;
      2. Great military force and possession of nuclear weapons—maybe. Since the question of using nuclear weapons has become 50/50, doubts have arisen. To dispel these doubts, at least a nuclear test is needed.
      3. Large population coupled with large GDP. - - This is weak.
      4. Having the authority and support of countries around the world. This is weak.
      Let's sum it up: We are strong enough, but not a superpower.
      And recognition by the West depends on the strength and power of the country, and nothing can be done about it.
      1. Igor M.
        
        -3
        
        8 August 2026 23: 03
        
        Alexey Lan,
        2. Do any other superpowers use nuclear weapons? Of the relatively recent ones, only North Korea has tested nuclear weapons. The US, for example, only did so in 1992. And China did so in 1996, 30 years ago. So, this isn't an indicator of superpower status. However, the fact that Russia has strategic bombers—along with the US and China—is certainly an indicator. Russia is also one of only three countries in the world that produces 5++ generation fighters.
        Russia projects military power abroad – in Africa, Ukraine, Syria, and Georgia. Russia maintains military bases abroad in Syria, Armenia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Transnistria, and Tajikistan.
        Russia has resumed arms trade.
        3. Russia is 9th in the world by population. Not so bad. By GDP/PPP, it's 1st in Europe and 4th in the world. It's quite normal here.
        Moreover, Russia has been calmly enduring increased military spending for the fifth year already.
        4. Remember that Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. We also remember that there are BRICS, the SCO, and a sphere of influence over some former Soviet republics. Representatives from 142 countries participated in the 2026 SPIEF. Forty-eight of the 54 African countries participated in the second Russia-Africa Forum in 2023. Russia signed military-technical cooperation agreements with 46 countries. This year, the latest Russia-ASEAN Forum was held, attended by the leaders of all 11 ASEAN countries.
        5. Remember that Russia is one of the 2 countries in the world, which has a global space surveillance network—both radar and optical. Russia also has satellites for reconnaissance and missile launch monitoring.
        6. Russia has a powerful resource base and not only ensures its food security, but is also one of the world's largest food exporters.
        7. Russian culture is renowned far beyond its borders. Russia has a comprehensive system of higher education and training for engineering and scientific personnel. Russia has a network of international media outlets in other languages to convey its point of view to countries around the world.
        8. Russia has a developed space program. It has two cosmodromes, rocket and satellite production facilities, and its own global navigation system, GLONASS. It also has its own communications satellites, weather monitoring satellites, and remote sensing satellites. It also has its own manned space station modules and scientific spacecraft.
        Therefore, Russia once again has all the characteristics of a superpower. There are currently three of them: the United States, China, and Russia. True, for a time after the collapse of the USSR, Russia wasn't a superpower. But under Putin, it has regained its weight and influence.
        
        In today's multipolar world, there are no fewer than three superpowers—Russia, the United States, and China—and this is becoming increasingly clear. This opinion was expressed by General Mark Milley, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, during his commencement address at the National Defense University (NDU). The university broadcast the address live.
        Milley believes that the United States remained the sole superpower after the collapse of the USSR, but that has changed. "It is now becoming increasingly clear that we truly are in a multipolar international environment, with at least three superpowers—the United States, China, and Russia," he said.
        
        Alexey Lan
        
        +2
        
        9 August 2026 10: 46
        
        Therefore, Russia again has all the characteristics of a superpower.
        
        Blessed is he who believes!
        
        Igor M.
        
        -3
        
        10 August 2026 02: 36
        
        Alexey Lan, this is not a question of faith, but question of knowledgeUnlike you, I know. And I even listed some of my arguments in my previous response. I note that you were unable to counter my point.
    2. Igor M.
      
      -3
      
      9 August 2026 02: 07
      
      WapentakeLokki, the West is only a small part of the world. But even there, opinions vary widely.
  2. Jackie
    
    -1
    
    8 August 2026 15: 18
    
    Alex, did you offend me too?
    1. Alexey Lan
      
      +1
      
      8 August 2026 18: 32
      
      Of course not. The 15 downsides are the work of the CIPSO guys. And if they really don't like something, they attack in droves. So these downsides are actually upsides.
  3. Igor M.
    
    -4
    
    9 August 2026 02: 06
    
    Alexey Lan, here's a note on this topic:
    
    There are only four great powers in the world
    https://inosmi.ru/20260604/velikaya_derzhava-278737641.html
3. goncharov.62
  
  0
  
  8 August 2026 11: 59
  
  Why don't you try to prove it?
  1. Jackie
    
    -1
    
    8 August 2026 15: 19
    
    Andrey, I didn't expect this...
4. Dmitriev
  
  0
  
  18 September 2026 16: 49
  
  And what is he wrong about?
  Superpowers don't have their ambassadors killed or their planes shot down, and superpowers certainly don't sit around in the same place for five years during a war.
Paul3390

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7 August 2026 14: 53

Who would doubt the USSR's superpower status? But not the Frogs. You were counted among the victors of WWII out of pity and a misunderstanding. And as for today's...
1. Jackie
  
  -1
  
  8 August 2026 15: 20
  
  Pasha, did you at least understand everything correctly?
Alexander

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7 August 2026 14: 54

Is Russia no longer a superpower?

A superpower, but a careful and surgical one. Therefore, it cannot be considered a superpower in the literal, modern sense of the word:

Russia is acting surgically and carefully in Ukraine. This is not war in the literal, modern sense of the word.

https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/692f05ec9a7947383c53cdcf
1. Jackie
  
  -1
  
  8 August 2026 15: 21
  
  Alex, what's wrong with my comment?
2. Igor M.
  
  -2
  
  9 August 2026 02: 09
  
  Allexander, it is precisely the superpower that can afford to act carefully and surgically.
  1. Jackie
    
    -1
    
    9 August 2026 07: 54
    
    Igor, thanks
Absolute

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7 August 2026 14: 54

Now Russia is super patient
1. AlexSam
  
  + 13
  
  7 August 2026 16: 37
  
  It's a superpower, after all. Only a superpower can afford to watch indulgently as an enemy destroys its infrastructure and kills its citizens. This is simply a new type of superpower and a new kind of national leadership. It needs to be patented to be forever etched into history.
  1. PVV22121922
    
    +9
    
    7 August 2026 17: 14
    
    vile, shameful disgrace
    1. Igor M.
      
      -7
      
      9 August 2026 02: 25
      
      PVV22121922, yeah, it's shameful to watch the way the US is waging war in Iran. Who fights like that? They haven't conquered an inch of land, and they haven't even killed hundreds of thousands of Iranians.
      Russia's war is a completely different story. They killed 2,5 million Ukrainian soldiers and took 20% of Ukraine's territory and 15% of its population. Now that's some serious badassery.
  2. Alexander
    
    +1
    
    8 August 2026 13: 17
    
    This is simply a new type of superpower... It needs to be patented to go down in history forever.
    
    It won't be possible to pass the patent examination...
    The refusal will say that this isn't a new country at all, but an old one, only filled to the brim with Western agents of influence and spies. In other words, it's the same superpower, but under external control.
    1. Igor M.
      
      -6
      
      9 August 2026 02: 28
      
      Allexander, how can the US be so full of Western agents? It's like butter on butter. After all, it was Trump who silently accepted Iran's bombing of American military bases and Israel, the US's best friend.
  3. Igor M.
    
    -6
    
    9 August 2026 02: 19
    
    AlexSam, are you talking about the US? Which silently watched as Iran bombed American military bases in the Persian Gulf region? They're reporting that two bases have already been withdrawn.
    
    Two key US bases in the Middle East region have been evacuated: the 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and the al-Madinah base in Qatar.
    
    And, indeed, Trump is a very strange guy. No, of course, thanks to Grandpa for high oil prices.
2. Igor M.
  
  -6
  
  9 August 2026 02: 15
  
  Absolutely. Let's remember that modern Russia has three times decided to use its military to enter the territory of recognized states without their consent, and twice decided to incorporate territories previously recognized as belonging to another state. And all this despite the West's maximum resistance. If this is tolerance, it's a bit odd, don't you think?
Working

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7 August 2026 16: 52

Out of friendship or because the country's leadership does not understand the significance of its mistakes.
- The First World War was brought in, everyone knows the outcome.
- They gave the Finns independence, they fought against us in World War II, the siege of Leningrad was one of the consequences.
-Crimea was given to Ukraine as one of the consequences of the NATO base in Crimea.
- The outcome of the collapse of the USSR is known to everyone.
"We feel sorry for the Ukrainians. The result is these comments, and they still think the same way, and it's so brazen. The result is that children are dying in colleges and people are dying in the rear."
The remaining questions are for the top management and?
1. PVV22121922
  
  +8
  
  7 August 2026 17: 15
  
  -Crimea was given to Ukraine as one of the consequences of the NATO base in Crimea.
  
  - we need to go deeper: "they created Ukraine itself" on Russian soil
2. Paul3390
  
  0
  
  7 August 2026 20: 02
  
  The Poles were also given some tasty territories, which they had fallen in love with back in the 11th century and never hoped to get back.
3. Alexey Lan
  
  0
  
  7 August 2026 22: 53
  
  Crimea was given to Ukraine as one of the consequences of the Second World War.
  
  I think that if Crimea had initially gone to Russia, there would have been no SVO, no matter what was happening with Ukraine.
  1. beeper
    
    +5
    
    8 August 2026 00: 30
    
    Quote: Alexey Lan
    Crimea was given to Ukraine as one of the consequences of the Second World War.
    
    I think If Crimea had initially gone to Russia, there would have been no SVO, no matter what is happening with Ukraine.
    
    So this is a "bomb planted by Yeltsin," which the hypocritical, renegade demagogue, "reproacher of Lenin's bomb," has cunningly kept silent about to this day, preserving his "boyish guarantees" to the Family of the "saint" Yeltsin (and the "seniors" - Shoige, Chubais, Kiriyenko, etc.) and the subversive anti-Soviet/anti-Russian "Yeltsin-centers"!
    Kravchuk later publicly admitted that at Belovezhskaya Pushcha, before the signing of the "deal to dismantle the USSR," he was ready, for the sake of "the speediest independence of Ukraine, separation from Moscow," to agree to return the Crimean peninsula to the Russian Federation at Yeltsin's first demand, which he expected from him as an indispensable Russian condition for signing!
    But EBN himself (with a gang of hangers-on like Kozyrev and his comrades) was so eager to quickly become an "independent" tsar in Moscow that he didn't even mention Crimea!!!
    Kravchuk himself, of course, "didn't raise the Crimean issue" in Belovezhskaya Pushcha and avoided it altogether, only pouring vodka for the alcoholic (who immediately, with the first words "God bless America!", ran off to fawningly report on the phone to the American President Bush Sr. about the betrayal of the three Judases, who had no time for Crimea or the long-term consequences of such "unassumingness")!
    It's time to stop funding these anti-Soviet (in fact, anti-Russian!!!) Putin's "holy" EBN centers in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from the state budget, declare them "foreign agent" centers, and shut them down, as they unfairly glorify the subversive activities of a short-brained, worthless politician who "planted a bomb under Russia" and his gang-Family of "their bourgeois" short-brained quasi-"geochast players" (local "checkers-players-giving away", primitive "eternally at the table" players of "the fool" with seasoned Washington swindlers - "respected Western partners of the Kremlin")!
    1. Igor M.
      
      -6
      
      9 August 2026 02: 41
      
      Squeak, I don’t know who is storing what for whom, but they opened a case against Chubais, and it seems they even seized some of his property.
      They say that Kravchuk did raise the issue of Crimea, but EBN simply waved it off.
      I don't know what kind of center it is in Moscow, but I didn't see anything particularly bad in Yekaterinburg. Exhibitions, including art exhibitions, shops, souvenirs, places to play sports and hang out, a cafe. A typical "coworking space," as they say these days. The only thing that reminded me of Yeltsin was his limousine.
      I'll note that as a result of this game of fool, Crimea and the LPR/DPR became Russian territories, along with 7 million new citizens. And the US withdrew its support for Ukraine. Apparently, Zelebobik was the fool they used.
      1. beeper
        
        0
        
        12 August 2026 18: 34
        
        EelM, don't you find it funny with your "rebuke" to me? Who do you think you are?!
    2. PVV22121922
      
      +1
      
      10 August 2026 12: 26
      
      Everything is correct. Except that Crimea isn't the only Russian territory. Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Kherson, Odessa, Yelizavetgrad, Kyiv...
  2. Igor M.
    
    -5
    
    9 August 2026 02: 33
    
    Alexey Lan, the SVO didn't start because of Crimea, but because Ukraine attacked the LPR and DPR in Donbas. So, they wouldn't have gotten away from the SVO anyway.
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    12 August 2026 08: 07
    
    Quote: Alexey Lan
    Crimea was given to Ukraine as one of the consequences of the Second World War.
    
    I think that if Crimea had initially gone to Russia, there would have been no SVO, no matter what was happening with Ukraine.
    
    At the beginning of the Second World War, Crimea was part of Russia. According to you, there shouldn't have been a war, but it started. Your problem is that you don't understand the reasons for the war, and the consequence is an incorrect conclusion.
    1. Alexey Lan
      
      0
      
      12 August 2026 09: 59
      
      You don't understand the reasons for the war
      
      What are the reasons in your opinion?
      1. Down
        
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        12 August 2026 10: 07
        
        Quote: Alexey Lan
        You don't understand the reasons for the war
        
        What are the reasons in your opinion?
        
        The main thing is the pipeline. If you look at the initial 2022 offensive plan, they went to Kyiv, and if successful, it's a route west, where the pipeline goes abroad. It's no wonder the crests constantly push the idea that our guys will go through Chernihiv again; they understand the goal. As for Donbas, supposedly protecting Russian speakers and so on, that's just empty talk. There are problems with Russians in Central Asia and the Baltics, too, but there's no pipeline there.
4. sidorov
  
  +2
  
  8 August 2026 06: 19
  
  Quote: Worker
  Out of friendship or because the country's leadership does not understand the significance of its mistakes.
  - The First World War was brought in, everyone knows the outcome.
  - They gave the Finns independence, they fought against us in World War II, the siege of Leningrad was one of the consequences.
  -Crimea
  
  Start with yourself. Do you even have this understanding? You've got everything all jumbled up together... Ukraine, the Finns, the collapse of the USSR, and even friendship...
  
  To begin with, one must at least know that People's Commissar of Defense Trotsky liberated Crimea and captured Kyiv, while Lenin was the main initiator of the creation of the USSR. Moreover, they aided the Red Finns in 1918 as much as Soviet Russia could at the time.
  
  And the most important
  : that normal people's problems don't come from friendship, but from thieves and traitors.
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5. Igor M.
  
  -5
  
  9 August 2026 02: 31
  
  Worker, the Finns didn't even ask us. They silently slaughtered the representatives of the then Russian government and became independent.
  Well, there are always losses during war. They're just always different. During the Great Patriotic War, which you mentioned, 15 million Soviet civilians died, and now there's nothing even close to that.
  1. Working
    
    +1
    
    9 August 2026 12: 58
    
    In November 1917, the Bolsheviks adopted the "Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia," proclaiming the right of nations to self-determination, including secession. Lenin and his comrades at the time hoped that the socialist revolution would also triumph in Finland, and the country would eventually join a federation with Soviet Russia. For the Bolsheviks, this was not only a matter of principle but also a tactical move.
    1. Igor M.
      
      -4
      
      10 August 2026 02: 45
      
      We wanted the best, but it turned out, as always.
      
      It's the same with Ukraine, they seemed to want to do what was best, but what a mess it turned out to be. Or, look, they drew Karabakh onto Azerbaijan. How many wars resulted from that later. And how many originally Russian lands they handed over to Kazakhstan for some reason. What saboteurs they are.
GR777

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7 August 2026 19: 54

The sixth foreign-speaking comment was a pleasant surprise—a clinical case. I wonder what part of Barrel's garden this smart guy is from? It makes me doubt he's capable of looking after himself.
ZnachWest

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7 August 2026 20: 36

And why print and read this?
1. Alexey Lan
  
  +4
  
  7 August 2026 22: 57
  
  And why print and read this?
  
  That's true. The majority of the population, as a rule, knows neither real, true history nor geography, and trusts television and other media. This kind of muddle is what brings Hitler and corrupt politicians to power.
Anatoly Ivanov_2

+3

8 August 2026 06: 40

Our glorious president, over 26 years of rule, has accumulated extensive governing experience and is confidently leading Russia from an unknown past into a bright future.
1. aslanxnumx
  
  +1
  
  8 August 2026 10: 56
  
  Into a "bright" future with unknown consequences.
  1. Igor M.
    
    -5
    
    9 August 2026 02: 45
    
    aslan642, we've been in the bright present for a long time now.
2. Victor Besedin
  
  +2
  
  9 August 2026 00: 08
  
  Our glorious president, over 26 years of rule, has accumulated extensive governing experience and is confidently leading Russia from an unknown past into a bright future.
  
  So, is there a desire to change the president every four years? Well, then we'll get a talking head called "president," mindlessly following orders from others... Or are there people who believe that in four years, the clown Zelts was able to master at least the basics of world politics, economic management, industry, and so on? With these elections, the West wants Zelts, Gorbachevs, and Yeltsins to rule Russia, not normal emperors.
mr parker

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8 August 2026 08: 28

Well, yes... Russia, which is currently fighting with only volunteers against Ukraine, which has had several waves of mobilization, and which has 53 countries, including the United States, behind it, is not a superpower! And the United States, which, after 20 years of war in Afghanistan, couldn't do anything against the Taliban, riding on donkeys and wearing slippers with old AK-47s, is a superpower. They shamefully fled there at 2 a.m., abandoning a huge amount of weapons and armored vehicles. Now they're begging Iran to open the straits, conducting endless secret negotiations with Iranian leaders, trying to bribe everyone, etc. So they're a superpower. Well, let them talk. As the saying goes, "Emelya, talk your week."
mr parker

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8 August 2026 08: 33

Quote: Anatoly Ivanov_2
Our glorious president, over 26 years of rule, has accumulated extensive governing experience and is confidently leading Russia from an unknown past into a bright future.

If it weren't for Putin? Russia would have ceased to exist long ago. All those Yeltsins, and then the Khodorkovskys who took his place, would have plundered and sold off all of Russia, along with all their Chabad cronies! For example, I even fought in two wars in the North Caucasus for the integrity of our Russia! And what have you done that's useful for preserving it? Or are we all just good at criticizing the government?
1. aslanxnumx
  
  0
  
  8 August 2026 10: 59
  
  And that Russia fell apart in 98. You were probably on your knees.
  What if Putin is gone tomorrow? What will we do?
  Let's rally around Shoigu, maybe Matvienko, and Volodin, just in case.
  1. Igor M.
    
    -6
    
    9 August 2026 02: 49
    
    aslan642, we actually have Dimon. Alexey Lan's favorite scenario is coming to fruition right away.
2. Down
  
  +3
  
  12 August 2026 08: 56
  
  For Mr. Parker
  
  I respect people who fought, you are obviously a brave and worthy person.
  -1. "If it weren't for Putin," there's a simple axiom: "There are no irreplaceable people." For example, Gerashchenko and Primakov stopped inflation in a few months. They also banned dollar speculation, and back then, almost all goods were priced in U.S. units. Putin has been solving this problem for 26 years; you'll agree, it's thought-provoking.
  Yeltsin and Khodorkovsky would have sold out Russia. As is well known, the aforementioned leaders primarily focused on selling natural resources as the basis for their own and the state's income. Putin is completely different. Has state income and the squandering of natural resources ceased under him, or increased? If the state's primary income model hasn't changed, please name the difference.
  As a participant in and, as I understand, a victor in the wars in the North Caucasus, you live in Grozny, and the locals are afraid to approach you? Or... For example, during the conquest of Central Asia, Russians were recruited as settlers, fortresses were built to protect them, but the local population's rights were deprived, even in relation to the ordinary Russian worker, and this was closely monitored.
  You're partly right: temporary sovereignty has been established in the Caucasus, but not through military victory. Putin reached an agreement with part of the local elite, but not for free, for money. So, when he leaves, it's still unclear what will happen in the Caucasus; the issue remains open. As you requested, I didn't criticize anyone; it was simply a statement.
Happy man

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8 August 2026 09: 33

Russia's patience and readiness to fight to the last non-Russian person is off the charts.
1. Igor M.
  
  -4
  
  9 August 2026 02: 50
  
  A happy man, so why should we feel sorry for these infidels?
Alexpan

-1

8 August 2026 09: 42

Ask yourselves this question, comrades, incorrigible admirers of the Soviet Union. Start by defining the criteria for a "superpower."
twice-born

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8 August 2026 09: 52

Does anyone still doubt it? We've certainly not been a superpower for the last 35 years. And in the united West and East (China, Japan, India), and the global South, we're certainly not considered one! No one respects or fears us there. Our "deep concerns" don't bother anyone. And in Soviet times, that was a very scary statement for any country! They were afraid to even look at us!
Even our smallest neighbors, those who trade with us and depend on us (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and even the Ukraine) don't respect or fear us! The fascist mongrels, the Balts, the Poles, and the Ukraine, have become completely insolent!
Life inside the country is getting worse and worse, almost like in the 90s!
You can get carried away with your bravura self-importance about your country, but unfortunately, reality shows the opposite.
But our Russian people are still great and powerful (to contribute to all this!) and this only makes my soul bitter with the state of the country!
1. Igor M.
  
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  9 August 2026 03: 02
  
  Twiceborn, 35 years ago – they ceased to exist. And then, under Putin, they went back again.
  That's how they think:
  
  In today's multipolar world, there are no fewer than three superpowers—Russia, the United States, and China—and this is becoming increasingly clear. This opinion was expressed by General Mark Milley, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, during his commencement address at the National Defense University (NDU). The university broadcast the address live.
  Millie believes that the US remained the sole superpower after the collapse of the USSR, but that has changed. "It is now becoming increasingly clear that we are truly in a multipolar international environment, where there are at least three superpowers - the United States, China, and Russia", He said.
  
  Yeah, they're so afraid they're cutting social spending to benefit the military and urgently upgrading their weapons. And they're terrified we'll attack them in 2030.
  They're so unafraid that some are humbly asking for sanctions to be lifted, while others are delicately hinting that it's time to end the SVO. And Ukraine is already screaming, "Please, someone force Russia to end the SVO before winter!" They say, "We don't want to experience that horror again." This is on top of the fact that 10 million Ukrainians have fled abroad out of fear.
  Well, it's not even close to the dreadful 1990s. These days, no matter what resort you visit, it's full of Russians. Last year, about 100 million travel packages were purchased—essentially one for every adult in the country. We've never lived as well as we do now (if you factor in the Soviet Union). Our average life expectancy has increased by a whopping 10 years. Infant mortality has reached historical lows. Alcoholism mortality in Russia has dropped from 25,6 to 8,4 cases per 100,000 people. The suicide rate has dropped from 39,1 to 13,8, and the murder rate from 28,2 to 6,2.
  In your Ukraine, yes, there is a real opposition there.
  In fact, 57% of Russia’s population is satisfied with their level of well-being.
goncharov.62

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8 August 2026 11: 58

It's impossible to overstate the scale of the destruction in Crimea, the brawls at gas stations across Russia, and the millions of farmers declaring bankruptcy before harvest. These are facts. They're captured on video.

Do any of us live in a parallel reality?
This is how propagandists or dons should work - depending on which side of the barricade they are on!
Victor Besedin

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8 August 2026 23: 58

What a collection of delusional fantasies from non-brothers... How far they are from understanding the mood of the people and what is happening in Russia!!!
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Petr_Yakovlev

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12 August 2026 13: 58

Who cares about all this English, Frog-like, and conscious-minded slander? Who cares...