There will be problems in Ukraine first. They also have a powerful neighbor that covets the sparsely-inhabited SIberian vastnesses. Russia was probably closest to a civilized state following the 1905 Revolution when the chastened tsar installed Stolypin as Prime Minister. Sadly, Stolypin was assassinated and Russia has never gotten close to a civil society since. They do have an impressive armed forces, though, with great parade uniforms.