Take russia with a grain of salt
Take the verboseness of Russia with grain of salt. Their land forces are still draft based, loaded with corruption, have many out dated systems from the 1980s. Don't get me wrong here, they do have some good stuff, not just enough of it. What NATOs problem is since the winding down in Afghanistan, NATO members have not been keeping the forces current. Right now, in dealing with Russia, the use the economic method. Russia trades sells oil which is bought and sold in US dollars, as is gold, with oil prices down, their economic situation is not good.
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