Podcast: Regional Elections Kick Off Political Season

@ Anon from USA
In the future, when the US implodes and disintegrates due to a collapsed economy, an overstretched military , soldiers who are not being payed revolting, a natural hispanic invasion from the south and the dissapearance of the English language in North America, civil war, food shortages, oil shortages, China and other creditors flooding the US economy with US dollars resulting in a financial meltdown for the US.
In these conditions you will see the true nature of "American culture". If during peacetime children shoot each other at school, what hope is there for society during a civil war.
In this circumstance Russia will take over simply as a "peacekeeping/humanitarian" mission.
Every empire meets its demise, no matter how strong or perfect it may seem - eg. Rome, Mongols, British Empire, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union etc.
So prepare to meet the inevitable anonymous from USA

Leaving aside your social-realist-inspired fantasy (or whatever it is), Russia is still more of an empire than the United States. And if the U.S. economy collapsed, why would this "hispanic invasion" ever happen? They're economic migrants, after all.

@ Simeon
In case you have not been paying attention, the US economy is GROWING (though not very fast). China can't flood the US with dollars without severely hurting is own economic interests. Oil shortages? We already have that! Food shortages? The US is still one of the biggest food producers in the world, and will be for some time to come. Civil war? There has to be a major division in American society for that to happen. Despite political disagreements among US citizens, nobody wants to fight a war! There isn't even any public support for Afganistan anymore, we're war weary. School shootings don't just happen in the USA, they've happened in Canada, Germany, Britain, Finland, etc. At least the shooters aren't government agents like Beslan. Russian peacekeepers? Russia can't even produce enough men to fill it's own army ranks, so how will it send peace keepers to North America? Since the USA is the world's most heavily armed civilian population, peacekeepers from any country would be in extreme danger. Also, the USA is not an empire! One only has to look a map to see which country is. We don't have much landmass or any territory outside of N. America except for tiny islands in the Pacific. One other thing, didn't Russian tycoon Yuri Milner recently buy the most expensive mansion in California? Why? To watch Civil War II unfold in the USA? I highly doubt it, LOL!

@ Carlos
The Soviet empire was a continuation of the Czarist empire, which is still collapsing. It may take a few more decades for Russia to lose the Caucuses, Kaliningrad (Konigsberg) and Siberia. Incompetent ethic policies will be a major factor in causing splits in Russia's identity. Russia is a LOT CLOSER to civil war than the US is. Simeon seems to be a disciple of Igor Panarin, a disinformation intelligence agent with close ties to the Kremlin who is also a COMPLETE FRAUD.