[blashyrk]

But that would imply Russia becoming a neo-colony of the US, like the two mentioned countries. Which I don't think would ever happen, I think Russia would chose MAD over that if forced to make that choice. Russia under Yeytsin was already drifting towards becoming something like that, and has been firmly going in the other direction ever since

[tim333]

I'd dispute that Germany and Japan are neo-colonys of the US. Where are the colonial governors?

[thodin]

Russia can't choose anything by itself. It's the people in Kremlin who will decide, like it was when Stalin died.