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PREDICTIONS
As the population continues to fall in Siberia, much of this area will
eventually come under Chinese control, which will accelerate
deforestation.
Any possible future return of ethnic Russians from Ukraine or the
Baltic, etc., into European Russia will be more than offset by the
continuing surge in illegal/undocumented aliens from Central Asia
and legal aliens from China, overloading outdated infrastructure.
Overall, the total census-legal population will continue to fall and as
it does, the percentage of Russians overall will decline even faster.
Islam will grow considerably in influence. Putin’s long reign will
ensure that the percentages of Asian and Chinese (who are willing
to be subjected to crude living standards BETTER than in their
homelands) will grow considerably as he continues to bear down on
his own people.
Global warming will improve arctic shipping and thus northern
Siberian river transport = development prospects will improve there.
Russia’s best and brightest will immigrate at higher and higher
levels.
The lack of immediate and significant long-term investment between
1991-1998, followed by practically no investment in same after that,
will doom Russia’s future prospects for weaning itself from its
reliance on natural resources. It’s no different now than in the
1500’s, when there were mainly furs and salt. Bad habits are hard
to break.
eventually come under Chinese control, which will accelerate
deforestation.
Any possible future return of ethnic Russians from Ukraine or the
Baltic, etc., into European Russia will be more than offset by the
continuing surge in illegal/undocumented aliens from Central Asia
and legal aliens from China, overloading outdated infrastructure.
Overall, the total census-legal population will continue to fall and as
it does, the percentage of Russians overall will decline even faster.
Islam will grow considerably in influence. Putin’s long reign will
ensure that the percentages of Asian and Chinese (who are willing
to be subjected to crude living standards BETTER than in their
homelands) will grow considerably as he continues to bear down on
his own people.
Global warming will improve arctic shipping and thus northern
Siberian river transport = development prospects will improve there.
Russia’s best and brightest will immigrate at higher and higher
levels.
The lack of immediate and significant long-term investment between
1991-1998, followed by practically no investment in same after that,
will doom Russia’s future prospects for weaning itself from its
reliance on natural resources. It’s no different now than in the
1500’s, when there were mainly furs and salt. Bad habits are hard
to break.
Due to a lack of capital and long-term investment strategy, most farming and
irrigation throughout Russia will be developed to first-world mechanized standards
by the Chinese, restoring Russia’s greatest economic historical legacy; however,
the scythe will never be abandoned in many marginal small plots and on hilly
terrains, as there are still many Chinese farmers available for conscription.
Russia’s attempts to maintain its only super-power status component via means of
submarines and multiple-head ICBM’s (remember the name for this system:
BOOLAVA. In Russian, this means a multi-headed mace) will ultimately meet
universal resistance, to the great detriment of its positions in the United Nations,
etc.
Russia’s direct links with past Serbian atrocities will become more evident, though,
like WMD’s, they will be kept understated for political expediency.
Russia will demand a great deal more money from the United States for supplying
the Space Station. This will not be nearly enough to maintain the old technologies
as morale and quality control decline
Life in Russia will continue to become more and more difficult for its most
important necessarily forward-looking segment, women, and thus for their children
as well. With fewer and fewer men available, more and more women (especially
middle-aged) will have children alone and raise them in an extended family
environment or around like-situation peers.
As more and more children are raised in matriarchal family settings, they will be
more and more pacifistic and compliant. They will fit Putin’s requirements very
well.
Something important will happen in Belorussia. This place is unique compared to
the other formerly autonomous republics because less that 5% of the population is
pure Belorussian; another 75% is a mixture of same plus Polish, Ukrainian and
Russian, most of which claim wholly Belorussian ancestry. These folks have had a
long reputation in Russia for being a bit crazy, so Stalin spread them out all over
Siberia for dilution. Also, this place has very limited natural resources.
Historically, it had a large Jewish base; maybe one day, part of it will become a
new Jerusalem. Russia would love to control it again but, as with everything else,
it lacks money and planning and resolve for this at-present unrewarding task. The
West rightfully downgrades it as a dictatorship. It is a universally unloved buffer-
state vacuum waiting for something to happen. Belorussia will always be
inherently unstable because it’s on the border with Russia. The wolf pack could
finish it off at any time, a fact which greatly discourages western investment.
irrigation throughout Russia will be developed to first-world mechanized standards
by the Chinese, restoring Russia’s greatest economic historical legacy; however,
the scythe will never be abandoned in many marginal small plots and on hilly
terrains, as there are still many Chinese farmers available for conscription.
Russia’s attempts to maintain its only super-power status component via means of
submarines and multiple-head ICBM’s (remember the name for this system:
BOOLAVA. In Russian, this means a multi-headed mace) will ultimately meet
universal resistance, to the great detriment of its positions in the United Nations,
etc.
Russia’s direct links with past Serbian atrocities will become more evident, though,
like WMD’s, they will be kept understated for political expediency.
Russia will demand a great deal more money from the United States for supplying
the Space Station. This will not be nearly enough to maintain the old technologies
as morale and quality control decline
Life in Russia will continue to become more and more difficult for its most
important necessarily forward-looking segment, women, and thus for their children
as well. With fewer and fewer men available, more and more women (especially
middle-aged) will have children alone and raise them in an extended family
environment or around like-situation peers.
As more and more children are raised in matriarchal family settings, they will be
more and more pacifistic and compliant. They will fit Putin’s requirements very
well.
Something important will happen in Belorussia. This place is unique compared to
the other formerly autonomous republics because less that 5% of the population is
pure Belorussian; another 75% is a mixture of same plus Polish, Ukrainian and
Russian, most of which claim wholly Belorussian ancestry. These folks have had a
long reputation in Russia for being a bit crazy, so Stalin spread them out all over
Siberia for dilution. Also, this place has very limited natural resources.
Historically, it had a large Jewish base; maybe one day, part of it will become a
new Jerusalem. Russia would love to control it again but, as with everything else,
it lacks money and planning and resolve for this at-present unrewarding task. The
West rightfully downgrades it as a dictatorship. It is a universally unloved buffer-
state vacuum waiting for something to happen. Belorussia will always be
inherently unstable because it’s on the border with Russia. The wolf pack could
finish it off at any time, a fact which greatly discourages western investment.
