Russia is WEAKER than you think. Here's why.

This video talks about how Russia is far weaker than you thought.

They are militarily weaker, and they have displayed this on the battlefield.

A year and a half of sanctions since the war in Ukraine began have made them economically weaker. They are politically weaker.

China is becoming the senior partner in the relationship between Russia and China.

Worse, Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court.

They are geographically weaker as Finland has joined NATO and Sweden and Ukraine will soon join them.

They have fewer freedoms than they did before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th.

They are weaker in deterrence after crying wolf too many times. Jake Broe pointed this out (and you will see this clip of Jake Broe talking about nuclear sabre-rattling).

Finally, they are losing the battle in the information space. They claimed a victory in Bakhmut, but as Operator Starsky pointed out in his snail theory, a snail could have gotten to the other side of Bakhmut faster.

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