This is true as well. The russian patriots would not need the nationalism substitute so much, if they had wealth in real life. A Ryszard Kapuściński quote fro

This is true as well. The russian patriots would not need the nationalism substitute so much, if they had wealth in real life. A Ryszard Kapuściński quote from one of the sowjet people I remember: "We might be poor, but our empire is big" Now they are just poor, without the comfort of being part of a big empire.