OR #1

Earlier today in math class, I read an article from The Chronicle Review entitled "The Russians Are Coming." I will address the entire article, being only seven pages, rather than picking out bits and pieces. It was written by seven journalists, (here we go...) Stephen Kotkin, Nina Khrushcheva, Edward Lucas, Ellen Carnaghan, Marshall Goldman, and Sean Kay. The point of this article was the 'resurgence' of Russia's state of autocracy. Russia has been booming off of its vast oil economy, growing an astounding 7% each year for the past decade (just so you know THAT'S A LOT) and has been dominated by Vladimir Putin as President, and as Prime Minister (right now) because he more or less controls the president. About half of the journalists believed the Russian economy and influence would fall at the end of global oil dependency, but the other half believed Russia was here to stay (that's a good song btw) and here to cause trouble. Russia has time and again said that a strong center to the government is the best answer for the country and that democracy has had its chance, and failed. There has been outright support of the autocratic state of the olden days (MOTHERLAAAAAAAAAAAAAND) by Russian officials, and those interviewed in the article. One thing that could stop Russia from gaining power, which it has been doing by working its way into the top ten economies in the world, is the Russia investments on US soil, which if the US falls, will follow it, bringing down Russia as well. All i can say is that this will certainly be interesting, if not tense.