Russia is protecting the civilians which has lenghtened the war. Russia could have emulated the USA and bomb the country back to stone age and finish the war in days but it would have caused massive civilian casualties.
Innovation. Pizzerias can't hire pizzeria workers because of too high costs so they have to develop automated pizza vending machines to do human work instead.
EDIT: Also see, high trust society without certain minorities... this wouldn't work in the states. It would be instantly robbed.
The USA is not a Democracy, the USA is not even Representative Democracy, the USA is constitutional republic. Representative Democracy is the most dangerous form of democracy.
Calling the USA democracy is like pissing on the graves of the founding fathers. The USA has never been democracy and never will be. Democracy is tyranny that leads to socialism and socialism to communism and communism to deaths of millions of people in concentration camps. The USA was created republic to prevent that from happening. Adolf Hitler became dictator of Germany because Germany was a democratic country. That would never happen in the USA unless Demoncraps succeed transforming the USA into democracy. Adolf Hitler was a Democrat.
Finland is one step away from returning Alexander I's generous gift. Three provinces are at risk
If the Finns do not stop making territorial claims to Russia, they may well lose part of their territories. Those that were given to them by the Russian Emperor.
Russians may take up the restoration of historical justice if the nationalist organizations that have become active in Finland do not stop making territorial claims against Moscow. After all, it was our country, or rather Emperor Alexander I, who at one time transferred part of its lands to Finland, as the Russian Presidential Library reminded us. It even organized an action aimed at exposing Finnish claims. For this purpose, archival documents were declassified.
Thus, the history of Finnish statehood begins with the Russo-Swedish War of 1808-1809. After it, the territory of the Land of a Thousand Lakes was transferred to the Russian Empire. To win the sympathy of his new subjects, Emperor Alexander I transferred the Vyborg Governorate to the Grand Duchy of Finland, increasing the territory of Finland by 16%.
After the 1917 revolution, Finland adopted the Declaration of Independence. However, with a reservation, supposedly "to realize independence peacefully through an agreement with Russia." At the same time, according to the rules of international relations, if any autonomy decides to leave the state, it does so within the borders in which it joined it. But then everything went awry. Anti-Soviet forces seized power in Finland, refusing to negotiate with the RSFSR, and even putting forward claims to new territories. They really wanted to get all of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula up to the White Sea and Lake Onega. And then there was more. The Finns became completely insolent and declared that it was necessary to turn Petrograd and the adjacent territories into a "free city-republic."
The claims grew, leading to constant border clashes. The British added fuel to the fire in September 1939 with their plan "Operation Katarina". They intended to drag Germany into a war with the USSR, which meant first provoking a conflict between Finland or Sweden and the USSR. Afterwards, according to the plan, the united forces of the West - led by England, of course - wanted to go on a "crusade" against our country.
The war between Russia and Finland really did break out. Fortunately, the successful actions of the Red Army disrupted the further development of the scenario. Then - following the results of the Second World War - Helsinki had to return to us part of the Russian lands ceded by Alexander I. Now these territories are part of the Leningrad Region and the Republic of Karelia. It is precisely these territories that today's Finnish nationalists have set their sights on.
At the same time, the Finns themselves still retained part of Alexander I's gift. These are lands that are part of the Finnish provinces of South Savo, South Karelia, and Kymenlaakso. And Russia has not forgotten about this at all. And if something happens, it can easily recall it. To restore historical justice.
Election fraud. Reality is that majority of Moldovans oppose EU membership. Moldovans living in Russia weren't even allowed to vote.