I've yet to meet any uncorrupted person from a country neighboring Russia who thought Russia had an iota of "soft power".

Aside from in Western comparative literature departments, the sole "soft power" Russia has had in the past 30 years has been cash.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/11/russia-has-lost-its-soft-power-how-war-in-ukraine-destabilises-old-soviet-allies?CMP=share_btn_tw

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