This is a nice article and perspective on Russia. I do disagree on at least one major point. When the next crises comes to Russia Putin will not settle for another economic collapse. He will will move Russian forces into the Middle East to take a spoil as spoken about in Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39.

American Thinker: The Trouble with Russia

While the Putin regime means short-term trouble for us, it also means that another long-term tragedy is looming for the Russian people. Once again, they are living in a police state. Even now, the Kremlin is busily re-building the dreaded Gulag and packing it with Russians whose only crime has been to oppose Putin or to speak out publicly against the dictatorship he and his cronies are tightening every day.

More reasons to believe that Putin is Gog and Russia is now developing a modern military that will carry out the Ezekiel 38 and 39 Invasion into the Middle East. His statement that the US wants to Invade Russia is laughable but apparently many in Russia are just that paranoid.

Putin touts new nuclear weapons against US – Telegraph: ” Russia’s already rapid rearmament would be stepped up even further, Mr Putin promised. Ambitious plans to bolster the country’s nuclear arsenal — as well as its conventional military hardware — were well underway. They include new missile systems, modernised nuclear bombers and submarines.