Russia DID great under Putin...that's reason you rooineks and yankees were disappointed with him,
you wanted early 1990s back, with your oligarchs plundering weak Russia
But you miscalculated, and now China fast-forwarded like 10 years and will surpass USA even faster
Btw, if Russia could do much with money spent on war, ask her what could USA do with 2000 000 millions USD
spent in Afghanistan...last I heard USA has even worse public services than Russia
https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/326529-new-york-versus-moscowRussia did (past tense) well under Putin for some people and it should have been doing better, so guess who made a mistake? Hint: there has only been one leader in Ruzzia for decades, at least in democracies you can blame the other guy.
I cannot thank you enough for making the point for me: I have no doubt that Moscow Metro is faring fantastically, the problem is the rest of the "Ruzzian World":
Meanwhile Ruzzian toilet (outside Moscow, of course)
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The Ukrainian officer also noted that that "there are no grenades for throwing in training centers, and there are no grenade launcher rounds in the training center."
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Training with grenades does not require live munition.