>>510977642 (OP)They have two roads. They will either move closer to Europe and the US. Get rich off their natural resources, invest that back into the country, and start the same process that occurred in Eastern Europe in the 90s. Or they will become a Chinese puppet state where the leadership steals as much as possible while sucking Chinese cock at every turn. Things will get worse and worse, they will get debt-trapped by the Chinese, and Russia will rot in a way people haven't seen since the mob owned the country.