Is the era of the cowed comrade about to end? With a population of over 140 million people, a land mass of 6.5 million square miles and enviable natural resources (including oil and gas) that are important to Europe, the Russian Federation, as a nation-state alone, will continue to occupy a huge role in global economics and politics over the next few decades. But recently (see our recent posts here and here) we’ve seen what might be the first stirrings in a new consciousness–a sea change in the way Russians feel, think and act–in the ideologically mercurial, troubled Mother Russia of the last 100 years. See by Charles Clover in the Financial Times “Russia’s Middle Class Finds Its Feet“.
Mother Russia calls for More Attitude.