No, it sounds exactly like Russians. They haven't changed. Heavy drinking, fuck-it-all attitude, laziness, gross incompetence, nepotism, utter disregard for any

No, it sounds exactly like Russians. They haven't changed. Heavy drinking, fuck-it-all attitude, laziness, gross incompetence, nepotism, utter disregard for any human life including Russian (ie they adopted flak/bulletproof vests in the army much later than west) and so on. When they attack small nations like Georgia in limited scale, maybe they look strong. But here all failures are in the spotlight and combine, you can't escape them or bullshit it away. That's why Putin is getting desperate and waving with nuclear arms. Big question is how west will see it - I call it desperate bluffing, but that tiny little chance has dire consequences...