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ancianita

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3. What will always be their problem: it's not their missiles, it's their faulty delivery system. It will continue because

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:18 PM

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of the brain drain that's hit Russia. Recent figures show that 820,000 to 920,000 -- maybe more -- have left Russia to avoid military conscription and political oppression. Since 2022 over 650,000 haven't returned.

They escape to former Soviet states like Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, due to visa-free travel, proximity & lower cost of living, or move to Serbia, Turkey, Montenegro, Germany, Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Anywhere on earth has more warmth and light than Russia.

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