sepheronx wrote:Now that I think about it, what would be US and Ukraine success to splitting apart Russia? Even though it seems impossible due to cultural connections between Russians from west and Russians from east (since they are same people), there seems to be a never ending supply of Russians willing to cater to the west. As well, Russian government seems to be sitting on its collective arses regarding about dealing with US activity in Russia. I know they are attempting through disbanding NGO's or bringing them out to light, but they barely scratched the surface with that. Add in, they have yet to force out the US ambassador and its various staff when they are caught having meetings with 5th columnists prior to elections.
If they dont act, then it could end up as a reality. But it wont be how US and kiev expect it. I imagine it eould end up more federalized with more power to Siberia and alike, while retaining their Russianess.
But, if the federal goverment does their jobs properly, then they can stamp this all out early and less dirty.
Polling tells otherwise, the approval rating of the US in Russia has fallen dramatically because of the sanctions, most Russians see the US as a threat, and Putin's approval rating is still extremely high. The US don't stand a chance at this point in time.