Degraded West? The trinkets they are sending the Ukranians are causing the Russian Army some trouble, forcing Putin to seek soldiers from the Middle East and military aid from China. I don't think the Russian Army of old would have had such problems.

Pauliar,

I only call you Pauliar when you lie. Thanks for proving that you were a liar and a fraud by showing that I didn't say what you claimed.

Secondly, Russia now has about $2.4bn in bond payments in a few days that if it can't pay them in $ or Euros will cause Russia to go into default.