The decline of Russia

An empire in retreat

Russian military in training. Source - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Russian military in training. Source - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russia's decline, even if it is a relative decline, is a fact. Despite this, in recent years the Russian presence in Western media has been a constant. Its threat has been magnified to incredible limits, a phenomenon that began to gain strength following its precarious victory over Georgia in 2008 and that has reached perverse heights after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the intervention in Syria, a year or two later. manipulation accusations related to the US election campaign. The Russian reality, despite everything, is very different and can only be defined in one way: as that of an empire in retreat.

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