"Russia has struck eight Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) targets in Syria, the country’s Defense Ministry said, adding that civilian infrastructure was avoided during the operations." -RT http://www.rt.com/news/317101-russia-isis-strikes-intelligence/
Everybody take note, while they have had an increasingly amount of civil unrest within their own country amongst each other, they have also had an increasing amount of Muslim immigrants moving into their country. And while they have not had big amounts of problems with the Russian Civilians and Muslim Clashes; the decision to enter the fight with ISIS/ISIL or Better known now as The Islamic State is not to show solidarity with the Western States and Allies. While it will benefit everyone with hitting crucial targets in the fight against the Islamic State, the point in entering the fight is to finally show the world their TRUE HIDDEN POWER. Everyone should take note that while they have been silent and underestimated in rebuilding their power and arms technology they are a force to be taken seriously as a major player, and threat if pushed by the Western States, NATO, UN, and EU who is pushing sanctions towards them trying to seclude them.
They have had major advancements in missile weaponry where their missiles can hit Mach 5, and their fighter jets (5th Generation PAK-FA) will be able to out-maneuver the US made F-22 and F-35 5th Generation fighter jets ( http://www.rt.com/news/262657-pakfa-better-us-5g/) . The PAK-FA has been designed to target AIR, LAND, and yes SEA targets. While the PAK-FA 5G is out running missions, they will be able to keep their Mother Country safe with (
http://www.rt.com/news/179256-russia-deploy-s500-missiles/) their newly designed S-500 Long Range Missiles for defense.
Think of Israel's Missile shield that they have set up and placed throughout their country from incoming air strikes from the Palestinians..Now take that system and upgrade it where each S500 Unit can take out 10 incoming simultaneous ballistic missiles at a maximum height of 200km.
Now with these military advancements in weaponry, if you haven't been paying attention to their political power then please continue listening to your local news sources filled with propaganda about Bruce Jenner turning into a woman and changing his name to Caitlyn. Russia has been sanctioned by the United States for some time now, with the U.N. following suit as well as our puppet states in the E.U. In turn, Russia has built political and business ties with surrounding countries. Mostly trade, a huge majority of it being natural gas, but also their military services of fighter jets and war ships. On the political side of it, joining at the hip with China encouraging billions in trade, and the Chinese investment of billions to connect the two countries with a high speed rail train.
Please take into consideration how we have manipulated their stock market and the rapid downfall of their currency, the Russians still stand strong, and aim to take out the USD as a main currency comparison worldwide. With the creation of the BRICS World Bank, it is set to take head on the International Banks (EU & IMF). If you don't know what BRICS stands for, it is the acronym for the countries involved with the creation of it and have all at least invest 100 billion into it. Its creators consist of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, while other countries are lining up to do business with their new banking system. Sanctions against countries the US does not like in the future will no longer matter as they will have another source of trade and economy to thrive and grow. No longer will you see the US as a major threat as they build their own system, and with many of the eastern states wanting to exit the EU, soon you will see them not being told how to run themselves by the US Government.
I could write a novel on the silent power plays (Russia, China, Germany, France) that have been ignored by the US media, but I cannot guide the millions of misled, ignorant Americans who believe their hardest daily struggle is whether or not marriage equality should be considered in all 50 states and worldwide...or some other diluted magic pass of the hand to keep everyone off guard. To the rest of the people who are awake and paying attention...Stay Informed, Stay Vigilant, and Stay low key like the Russians have.
-iChad aka The BIG CHEESE