3 ms·Once you pay the Dane-geld, you never get rid of the Dane.by Sunspark 5y agoOnce you pay the Dane-geld, you never get rid of the Dane.toyg 5y agoUkraine will never get rid of its continent-sized neighbour, no matter what.lostmsu 5y agoNah, if Russia experiences a strong economic downturn, it may fall apart.toyg 5y agoIt already fell apart once, post-USSR, and it recovered. Russia is like China: it's too culturally coesive over too big an area not to eventually coalesce into a powerful entity sooner or later.