Russia was losing ground badly as the years passed by. The Iron Curtain was a system of defensive fortifications that Russia had built to protect itself and its sphere of influence. However, the sphere of influence was shrinking after each decade. The Mordvins were an ethnic group that did not like Russian governance and were rebelling, diverting the attention of the Russian armed forces. The Russian government feared that in ten years' time, they would lose all their sphere of influence or even suffer a civil war or massive collapse. The time to rectify this collapse would be greatly diminished by the Mordvin revolt."Seventy years ago, the Iron Curtain extended from Lübeck to Trieste. Thirty years ago, it was from Belomorsk to Rostov-na-Donu. If this continues, according to many, in ten years' time we'd be pushed across the Volga, or even the Northern Dvina. And with the Mordvins revolting now, we won't even have five years to rectify this."
To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to laugh away all your restraints and let it go. Everything holding you back. No right, no wrong, no rules for me. Become free. A politician who laughs is a politician who always wins.