"Just ask Napoleon, Kaiser and hitler how brainless the Russians were" - OK, let' s ask.
Napoleon would have said the best Russian generals would be those who avoided direct confrontation with his troops relying on Russian huge area, Russia must thank Barklay and Kutuzov who admitted their inferiority and followed exactly such tactics.
Kaiser would say he was very happy with Russian generals, they did not have a single success against his troops in WWI.
Hitler - he could not even imagine in 1941 that started the war against such overwhelmed Russian forces (such as 1:5 in tanks and aviation) and definitely was very much surprised how easily he destroyed all of them. Russian militarized industry, 8:1 losses and wide USA help (food and transportation) allowed them to prevail, only few of their generals (such as Rokossovsky, Vlasov) could be considered equal to Germans'.

It does not mean that Russia never had good generals, you just managed to choose very bad examples. But it was Russia 200+ years ago.

More bright thoughts, BIG SRBIN?

"Obama brought some clarity to foreign policy" - good point, BIG SRBIN, he just started by insulting Putin (it is like to shake hands with Russians and at the same time spit in their faces), no surprise Putin said that he would prefer to make deal with Bush.
Of course he also did not forget to betray Eastern European countries and Israel, so now USA has the same enemies and no allies.

"For your info RUS means Viking" - great discovery, BIG SRBIN, probably now all Russian historians will die from laughter, making for Scandinavians even easier to to claim at least European part of Russia (Ukraine for sure).

Seva, you sound so hopeless. Isn't it time to really believe the time has come for a Russia that so many have pushed and dreamed of

Russian leadership would be totally stupid to think that taking away freedoms and mentally oppressing the people could possibly yield an innovated modern Russia. The leadership must be aware of history and realize that by giving back to the people, helping them step up and improving their lives would not cause an overthrow, but, produce a modern Russia that is respected and embraced through out the World. People judge a country by the standards of its poor class not by the endulgences of it's aristocrats.

I hope and believe Russian leadership and the upper class is realizing this. Stalins way of dealing with the burden of the poor was totally wrong. I think the Prime Minister and the President would agree.

Here, here for a modern Russia!!

Oh come on.., mass media has no influence at all (here in Russia), everything you see on TV is just the opinion of the officials (just like in US and UK) ??? you can agree with it or not, we all know that no government can possibly stop people from getting true and clear facts as long as you have internet and satellite and no one is taking away freedoms here as well!
Red Army is in the past and it has nothing to do with present Russian Army, but you can call it New Red Army if it makes you happy.

Relying on good leadership, huh? Generous grandpa Lenin, great father Stalin, dear Nikita Sergeevich, and so on, and so on.
You had you chances (when elections were free) and missed them, don't count on dear leaders.

A humiliated Russia trying to regain it's glory, which was buried by the West some 20 years ago. A wounded 2 ton elephant(Russia), can still be a dangerous animal. How much chaos and destruction this beast will create for others, only time will tell. West should be really careful---of Russia.

Only one way to gain the respect - be a country with dignity, treat your citizens and neighbors with respect. Being a barbarian with a nuke sitting in a dirty pit - not the way to regain the "greatness' back.
Reagan was not afraid of USSR a bit, even when it was indeed dangerous, and West should not be afraid of Russian half-dead "elephant" now, when the best it can do, with its outdated weapon and out-of-commission rockets - to blow up itself.

Like Germany, humiliated after WWI and resurrected 20 years later before WWII, Russia seems desperate in regaining its clout after the fall of Berlin Wall 20 years ago.

The president is echoing the premier in reinventing the once feared Red Army. One has strong reservation about the ensuing implication as far as peace in the Russian sphere of influence is concerned.

i find these anti-russian hate comments simply despicable and offensive -they are racist and immoral demonstrating real ignorance and arrogance -it is not acceptable to hate another race so much when we are all human beings .

It is not hate, it is despise of your regime.
I don't understand your remark about racism, do you think that Russians represent special race? I believe they are white, like the rest of Europeans. Who is racist here?

Russian 20 years are over, and unlike Germany all the bark but no force.

Once Again: go tell it to the Georgians...

Once again: go tell it to the georgians...
Russians are no fools: they know what they can and cannot do (a war with USA in the second list, of course) , and they will move according to that . On the other hand, the 90s are over (and the PNAC too: it died in Bagdad and Obama has buried it for good) . Drop Brzezinsky's books, please... .