The Russians are crazy and always have these dreams about how they are going to become part of a “New World Order”.
Let me say it simply. Russia has NO economy. They have natural gas and oil. The reason their country is in shambles is because they have NO economy. They don’t built anything, they don’t invent anything, they are basically a group of Oligarchs that made a ton of money on oil.
The world will move away from oil over the long run and I would say it is more likely that Russia will fail then us.
Caveat: I am not saying we don’t have some pretty severe problems but we will still all-in-all have a strong economy with a great amount diversification.