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I'll bite, which countries you've been to that have been devastated by the Russians? All i can think of is Abkhazia and South Ossetia but they're not countries and i doubt you've been there. And it's hard to say those regions are devastated as compared to Georgia. And then for comparison, how many countries have you been to that were devastated by the US? What would you say is the ration of countries devastated by Russia vs number of countries devastated by the US? And how does devastation by soft power compare to devastation by hard power long term? Have you been to Cuba?
Re-read your own posts and do not say that you are not seeking a reaction when making 3 or 4 biased questions in a row.
To the topic, Ruzzia does exert hard and soft power at leisure - has been doing it forever to keep an empire of nations that they even call "blacks" in the same racist sense you could use the "nigg**" word in the US or "Paki" in UK, etc... They have intervened in conflicts all over Africa, they have invaded Ukraine and have smashed the would be nations around them.