Putin's Population Problem

        The ex-deputy mayor of Saint Petersburg has been shuffling around Moscova and the western reaches of the Euro-Russyan environs.  What's he looking for? Why the man is taking a census, again.  He knows the birthrate among fertile Russyan mothers is abyssmal=B A D.  Bad for Russya's future role in the world.  No Russyans= no P-O-W-E-R.  For a dictator, no power equates with no testosterone.   Woe the Russyan male without testosterone.  No bueno; mui male.

     So what to do?   Hmmmm.  How about we annex some territory where they still have babies.  Ukraine.  I read on the internet that Ukrainian women are very fertile.   Ukrainian men even more so: loaded with testosterone.  So, Mad Vlad sends an army of Little Green Men into the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.  He made claims that this was a local uprising fostered by individuals who consider themselves Russyan(fake).  Then into Crimea; same story: local uprising by people who consider themselves Russyan.  But Mad Vlad doesn't want to admit that Stalin killed off all those sympathetic Ukrainians in the '30(and 40's, and 50's).  They don't live there anymore.  They be "GONE".   How to pump up the numbers?  Hmmmm.  Ok, fake statistics.  "wprk on it, Igor, and report back next week.  The population of the entire largest country in the world is about 130 millions-a pittance when your neighbor has about 1.4 BILLIONS floating around.  And Western Europe(the part you want to be part of) has about 330 millions++++.  With a shrinking population Russya will be the next Japan.  That's it: Russya is the next Japan.  No growth, no new citizens, stagnation,  no growth of economy; not enough workers.  Ahhh.  That's it:  Russya needs workers; but, oh, only certain types.  No muslims, no Chinese, no Syrians, no Albanians, definitely no Africans, even north Africans.  No Malays either.  No Indians(south), no Koreans, no Japanese, no Filipinos.  No Mongolians, no Eskimos, no Indonesians, no Thais, no Myanmarians.  No Turks, no Iraqis, no Iranians, no Kurds.  Maybe a Lebonese or two.  No Palestinians.  Maybe an Egyptian or two(but be careful).  Maybe a Moroccan, maybe a Libyan or two, and that's about it.

     And who wants to go to Russya?  The Chinese, that's who.  It appears that China is about the only country that has a cross border operation in the east whereby local Chinese farmers and workers in ag business regularly come and go around the Amur River.  Actually, the numbers add up into the millions.  What does Mad Vlad say about this takeover?  Nothing.  Nothing at all.  Mum 's the word around Vladivostok.  Vlad what?  Anybody ever heard of Vladivostok?  Is that near Odessa?  Sochi?  Magnetogorsk?  Katerinaberg?  Oh, well.

    Until Vlad can get the population pumped up, he'll be relegated; Russya will be relegated to the minor leagues.  Then Vlad will be replaced in a silent coup.  Some Rasputin will step in and do something useful, which hasn't been done in well over 100 years.  Don't hold your breath , Bunky!

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