[phishphood]

russian army is not formidable military organizations and hasn't been since 1970s, may be earlier. the only thing formidable is the level of corruption. There was an article few days ago that they feed dog food to their conscripts. The only thing that keeps them being taken seriously is the nuclear threat, which they parade (literally) every single opportunity they get

[olegious]

the not formidable Russian army made mincemeat out of the US backed Georgian army a few years ago.