With all the money going into the Ukraine war and other ventures since Putin came to power, I imagine there’s a lot of stuff he could’ve done to make the world a better place and Russia a formidable world power.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
    30·
    16 hours ago
    • Established Moscow as an international hub for commerce and industry
    • Waged economical war with China to be the largest economy in Asia
    • Buried the hatchet with Japan over the northern islands
    • Created a direct competitor for BRICS (BICS) and tried to tie his own Asian coalition with the European Union.
    • Rebooted the Russian space program to compete with NASA/SpaceX

    Watching For All Mankind makes me feel bad for present-day Russians because even those Soviet Russians have it better.

    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      15 hours ago

      Watching For All Mankind makes me feel bad for present-day Russians because even those Soviet Russians have it better.

      I just started watching the series and I’m in season 2. I’m loving it so far, and couldn’t agree more.