No, actually this is after a long civil war...
OOC: I don't think you understand the point of my concerns. If the Siberians have NUKES there is no way that the Russians can hope to defeat them entirely. The shooting war ends at that point.
Instead, you've not only gotten the rebels to that point, you've had them launch against the Russians. And guess what happens when you nuke a nuclear power...
The Siberians have just committed ethnic suicide; there's no other term to describe what they've brought down against them. There is almost nothing to discuss, Puget, because the Russians are in bad shape and the Siberians are now Radioactive fallout.
Words do not convey the level of idiocy that these actions require. The Siberians had nuclear weapons and used them--and their stated aim was their independence. The metaphor for this is wanting to eat a decent dinner, so you go on a shooting spree on a military base.
What is there to say? The Siberian people don't exist anymore--they're too stupid and too evil to live, or at least that's what the Russians are going to think, and they are probably right.
In short, you've started a DBWI at the END of the topic, and left no real room to discuss anything...
EDIT: The Siberians have already started nuking the Russians to hell. Think there is any reason for them to hold back? Read the first post again...