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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
CURRENT ASSETS
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Natural resources base for export and manufacturing
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High Tech potential—nano, programming, etc.
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Agricultural potential---land
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Space launching capability and potential
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Cheap labor force which is compliant and non-union, with rapid
growth possible via immigration
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Potential for population growth, especially in Siberia
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Strong national character, strong resilient people with growing
religious faith
CURRENT LIABILITIES
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Increasing difficulty in accessing (transporting)/overdependence
on natural resource bases, especially oil
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Severely damaged environment; expensive to repair and affecting
health of population
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Complete loss of conscript/slave labor base, except for young
Army men
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Hunting-gathering, life-death, hunter-hunted, divide-and-conquer
style short term analysis of everything
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Great-Russia sense of superiority----Tall hat, no steers
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Inadequate capital for the costs of maintaining society,
comprehensively, short/long term
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Russian (nationality) population declining, population aging,
population weakening
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Aging, weakening and deteriorating infrastructure
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Weak manufacturing sector and over-reliance on importing
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Weakening defense systems, armed forces, and space program
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Agricultural production underproductive, food importing, with a lack
of change expected short term
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Inability to wean addiction to the productivity of, their dependence
on, and their influence over former republics and Eastern Europe
(wield the sword and then put up the shield)
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Criminal legal, political, and economic systems incompatible
outside borders
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Societal health problems---alcohol, tobacco, narcotics, declining
health care system (including dental), poor diet, environmental
pollution, etc.
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Weak Church (institutionally), for those who believe that this is very
important
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False perception of comprehensive super-power status, combined
with the belief (shared by Iran and N. Korea) that nuclear capability
alone commands respect
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On average, 30% of the population, including the middle class, wish
to leave the country completely
