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If you are going to Paris - yes. If you are going to Moscow - no.

Russian law on citizenship is heavily influenced by its Soviet heritage. When the USSR collapsed, ethnic Russians were scattered throughout the entire Soviet Union, and a large number of ethnic minorities from the other federations were residing in Russia. Partially as a result of this, Russia...

"Lazy battleships, sitting in mothballs and doing nothing for decades...they turn you into a monument and I'm still on ground alert in Minot."

A not entirely serious response...but if the question involves Russia, the answer often involves vodka. In WW1, the Tsar banned vodka in 1914, at tremendous cost to morale and to the Russian state coffers. Did Vodka Cause the Russian Revolution? In WW2, the Soviets were able to ensure a...

The Purple People Eaters were a great defensive line. 88 wouldn't be a bad choice for a running mate, he was a judge on the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Army Reserves applicants do the RJP. Medics belong to Health Services, which is not part of the Army, so their applicants follow a slightly different process. The CFAT and FORCE are common to both processes.

Agreed. Alberta has asked for the formula to be updated on several occasions, most recently a year ago...

It is fair to note that Alberta is still the wealthiest province in the country, and as long as we have an equalization program the wealthiest provinces shouldn't receive equalization payments. However, Albertans perceive the program differently than you are characterizing it. Equalization...

You can access the historical data for the equalization payments sent to each province at the following links: Historical Transfer Tables: 1980 to present - Equalization Entitlements (1957-1980) - Open Government Portal...

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Looking at that IMF report, it appears that they are talking about total GDP and not GDP per capita. https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/WEO/2024/Update/July/English/text.ashx Total GDP represents the overall size of a nation's economy, while GDP per capita is a better economic...

Not sure if you will be able to open this link, but if you can see page 193. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/jcha/1996-v7-n1-jcha1003/031107ar.pdf If you can't open it, there were NRMA troops in the Canadian battalions that participated in the Aleutians.

That's basically correct. The MRD was expected to do the bulk of the fighting in any major war, either by forming the bulk of a defensive system, or in smashing through one. I don't think we could successfully adopt an MRD clone. Its organization is derived from its intended doctrinal role...

David Glantz has a number of good books on this topic. The most relevant to the development of theory are The Military Strategy of the Soviet Union or Pursuit of Deep Battle, but he has also written extensively about Soviet operations during WW2.

Well, for sure they have a couple of warheads, although they don't officially acknowledge it: Project Azorian - Wikipedia

I don't doubt the Russian capacity for corruption, but they do take nuclear weapon security quite seriously. Nuclear facilities are operated by a special branch of the Ministry of Defence that does not answer to the General Staff, while the warheads themselves are guarded by SOF troops from the FSB.

I don't think the Chinese would ever green light a Russian nuclear adventure. They make a big deal out of non-first use for their own strategic reasons. The Chinese also understand that the consequences would be unpredictable, but severe, and that they could easily be dragged in to a very bad...

Russia's big nuclear fear has always been a US first strike. Their nuclear forces have never been as survivable as the American deterrent (relatively few SLBMs, much less robust C3 arrangements, etc) and a major counterforce attack by the US would have a chance at getting a very high percentage...

I wouldn't sell their strategic arsenal short. I think it's reasonable to conclude that the bulk of their warheads are serviceable and that the delivery systems work, but even if they only had 750 warheads, that's more than enough to kill more than 100 million people. Possibly many more, if they...