“Russia is not going to collapse … but in terms of the impact on the Russian state as a powerful state able to sustain foreign military and political adventures, that's a very different matter. In terms of Russia's place in the world, it will be hard for the Russians - and certainly while Putin is in power - to not be considered essentially a pariah state. His legacy will be as someone who from arrogance and hubris […] has basically wasted years of rebuilding Russia's military, political, economic and soft power capabilities in the world.”

by: Mark Galeotti