In addition to what is described in the above article, Russia faces other problems of equal magnitude: a rapidly declining population, an AIDS crisis that has been swept under the rug, and the general civic chaos of pervasive corruption.
In other words, Russia has a rump that only Maxim can lick.

I figure there's about four guys that try to hold Maximahv in check. Thank God for you, doing a job that the rest of us find just too distasteful.
When Maxim said that the Estonian women of his mother's generation were a bunch of sluts, I just had it with him. If he was within reach, I would have given him a shot, just like most people.
Anyways, its nice to see that there is good people out there who can give him verbal shots. Thanks guys, and keep up the good work.