"Russian" Ministry has predicted 15 years of stagnation/ 2020´ll reach 2014 levels. i just wander what what Putin´s death Olgino grew, think (have inwritten in manual) about The Russian Finance Ministry´s economic prediction? in general , can muscovy survive such crisis, which will way more hardcore then perestroika ? http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/russians-have-to-wait-15-years-for-economic-recovery-2413107 http://russianeconomyportal.blogspot.se/2016/02/russian-finance-ministry-has-predicted.html
At least they are the only group that might do anything. The upper class has arranged well with the system and benefits of it and the lower class is captured in nationalism. But will they really? Russia is not Poland, where uprises are some kind of national sports (1830/1863/1944/1956/1980/1989 ...) or Ukraine, where they have learned to make a revolution each 5 years ... Did they ever have a regime change that was not triggered by the ruling or from outside? (Just a little like Germany ) I think, they will prefer emmigration.
a good news, that, for stagnation is good: no changes, so everyone could relax and lay back. really?.. the middle class can do nothing, they are mediocre and impotent, can't even send a nail home.
As you sit between them and I'm thousands of Kilometres away, I intent to believe you and must say: poor Russia. Middleclass is the long time engine of a state. Middleclass built up Germany after the upper class and the plebs had ruined it by fascism. Btw.: I'm typical german middle class, proud to be mediocre, have three selfmade children and an acceptable percentage of my nails go straight in the wall.
Muscovy is an Ulus (Asiatic country) , always will be( as long as it owns Siberia, sakha, far - east ) . but Muscovites have never had internet before ...so we will see...
Russians are fine tatars and mongols, gods of asia but as international men they suck where 'he' succeeded!
Jim Rogers seems to agree with Caitlin Long's views, today: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/04/no_author/im-buying-russian-stocks-bonds/