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**spacecrafty** · 03-15-2010, 05:55 PM

Well, it was a mighty task, for many reasons (geography, a less than “dynamic” society, a culture deep set in corruption) and it looks like it didn’t work out.

I’d imagine in the next fifteen years Russia will do more than it’s share of saber rattling in both the Caucuses (look out Georgia) and the Baltic region, where it’ll be joined by Ukraine and Belarus against the Baltic States and Poland.

However, in the end, due to demographics, a blind eye to technology, and an economy geared towards resource extraction, I’d bet on Russia breaking up into many smaller states.

03-15-2010, 05:55 PM	#2
spacecrafty Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 544 Senior Member	Well, it was a mighty task, for many reasons (geography, a less than “dynamic” society, a culture deep set in corruption) and it looks like it didn’t work out. I’d imagine in the next fifteen years Russia will do more than it’s share of saber rattling in both the Caucuses (look out Georgia) and the Baltic region, where it’ll be joined by Ukraine and Belarus against the Baltic States and Poland. However, in the end, due to demographics, a blind eye to technology, and an economy geared towards resource extraction, I’d bet on Russia breaking up into many smaller states.
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