Originally Posted by crockett

Most of your military was dissolved and troops were not paid. Guys like Putin got rich because they stole and sold EX USSR weapons and property and sold it. They tried selling submarines to drug dealers for fucks sake, it was a free for all.

Russia it's self has rebuilt, but as a defacto dictatorship. Putin has made sure he will never lose an election as if you had a choice. Putin wants a cold war again, because it keeps him in power. As long as Putin is in power it means he gets richer.