Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
..a sobering set of challenges.
They include rampant corruption, rising inflation, a falling population, sickly industry and agriculture and increasingly tense relations with former Soviet neighbors and the West.
Sounds like they are ripe for a trade/labor/industry relationship with the Chinese similar to that of the US and Mexico. Chinese labor for Russian farms and factories... Now if they can get along, that would be a powerhouse of a team.
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