If the east rises then Putin did what was necessary to elevate his country. Russian Putin cares more about Russia than American Xiden / Pelosi care about America. Period.Unfortunately, we are part of the generation that will witness the rise of the east and the fall of the west (and US). In a country that makes nothing but lawyers and real estate agents, how can it continue to succeed against an engineering and manufacturing powerhouse that mimics the US circa 1945?