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Strategist says

Saudi Arabia has a better standard of living than Russia, but they are the most useless people on the planet. The Saudis don't have the ability to even make pencils. Finding oil does not make you any more talented.

I think Russia can do more than find oil.

First Mammal in space, first man in space, first orbit, first satellite, first impact on a foreign body, first interstellar probe, first rover, first docking, first EVA, first space station, heaviest thrust rocket engine in production, first multiple people in space, first soft landing on a celestial body, first manmade object left on a foreign body (USSR flags, by the way), etc. etc. etc. That's just the space program.

First to invade Ukraine without declaring war.
First to annex a countries major port without declaring war
First to mistake vodka for alhambra...

thunderlips11 says

First Mammal in space, first man in space, first orbit, first satellite, first impact on a foreign body, first interstellar probe, first rover, first docking, first EVA, first space station, heaviest thrust rocket engine in production, first multiple people in space, first soft landing on a celestial body, first manmade object left on a foreign body (USSR flags, by the way), etc. etc. etc. That's just the space program.

SoftShell says

First to invade Ukraine without declaring war.
First to annex a countries major port without declaring war

I doubt Russia is the first here. I hear the poor Crimean people feel really occupied and are clamoring to be ruled again by Gas Princess, Chocolate King, and the rest of the true Ukrainian Patriot Oligarchs.

Hey, how is the glorious Putsch heroes of Ukraine conquest of Novorussiya going these days? I see Ukrainian men are just running to the recruiting office and not dodging the draft at all.

Didn't Porky just have a big victory parade a week or so ago? Funny, because it looks like the Ukrainian Army is retreating on every front but north of Lugansk.

The smile that says it all: "I've got your ass over a barrel, Porky."

Putin knows how to handle Oligarchs - he crushed them in Russia.