  Well said. I hope one day soon the Orthodox reclaim at least Istanbul from the Turks   -Constantinople . please   I hate that world Istanbul its an abomination that burns the ears and blood.     -But I agree we should absolutely re-claim the area and ever other area stolen from us by Turks  Thrace-Anatolia-Central Asia  It all rightfully belong to us.          I know the following is a sensitive topic but why not have the Slavic Nations become part of the Russian Federation.   -A lot of Slavic Nations like Poland hate Russia with a passion and other nations dont like being dominated, so it would not work. Although Russia could easily take Belarus-Ukraine-Central Asia back because ..    1) There are a lot of ethnic Russians in this area, if they received support from an expansionist/Nationalist Russian government, they could either control the country by votes/democracy or start a Civil War.   2) Other then the Baltics the former areas of the U.S.S.R are connected economically to Russia .Can black mail them.  3) There Militaries are all weak and are made up of mostly old Soviet equipment, they would stand no chance against a reorganized Russian Army....It would be good to strike soon well America is occupied ..Europe is not going to start anything over the Ukraine and Central Asia especially when it is Russias oil that heats Europe Even if America did try an embargo or something like that it would not hurt Russia, because Russia trades mostly with Europe and they would never do such a thing       -Frankly I would love to see Russia first take its self back then re-claim these areas that rightfully belong to her....   -Russia has always been Europes Eastern Sword and Shield, always fought against Turks-Muslims-Mongols who seek to destroy Europe.  -So a strong Russia is good for Europe, to secure the Eastern Flank against any dangers