The Russians don't just rely on weather alone. Because they have had three major invasions: the Mongols, Napolean, and the Nazis; Russian mentality is heavily geared towards defense. Border Guards in the Soviet era were among the hardest to get by. The whole reason they took over Eastern Europe was to be a buffer protect against an invasion by the West which their dogma said was inevitable. This is why the Russian Federation in my Global Conflict is very turtle oriented.
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