Unless Russia can can do something with its economy (like force up oil prices) I feel this adventure will be short lived.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...rty-looms.html
The most interesting quote IMO
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The chief effect has been to shrink the Russian economy in global terms. “GDP was $2.3 trillion at the peak. It is now $1.2 trillion, and I fear we are going back to the level of 1998 when it was $700bn,” he said.
This would be smaller than Holland ($850bn) or half the size of Texas ($1.4 trillion), a remarkable state of affairs for a country vying for superpower military status in Europe and the Middle East.
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