Well it sounds to me as if perhaps the Ruskies are maybe wishen for a 5 yr slide on dear ol' Uncle Sammy...after all, Vlad aint to pleased w/the Bush stance as of late as it relates to Iran...thus somethin's tellin me that maybe Vlad wanted some negative PR on the US comin oudda the "not-so commy think tank"
& to that I say...best be careful what u wish for....a 5 yr US slide surely can't be good for the Ruskies & their fairly new found capitalistic western ways....nyet-nyet!!! ;)~
a 5 yr US slide would pretty much send much of the Russian capitalistic advances over the last few yrs right back into the dark ages all over again....they just can't admit how much they truly rely on the U.S. in this regard...either that or they haven't a clue....or perhaps both? lol