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But, again, this is true of basically every developed nation. There are still more Russians living in rural areas than there were Russians period in 1800. I don't think your romantacized idea of Russia was ever true. They were considered little better than barbarian hordes by other Europeans...

The Philippines is a formal ally of the United States and we do have very close relations.

The purchase of the Philippines was a formality, the US won the islands in war.

No these are Russians. There are still tens of millions of salt of the earth types in Russia who do love their land. Honor is subjective, but I'd say neither you or I have room to speak here as our governments are full of retards as well

No need to doom and gloom. A multipolar world will evolve slowly and these people will lose, death by a thousand cuts, which will prevent the nuclear options. It will also benefit us: these peoples economics and social policies don't lend themselves to whats needed to fight against or remain...