Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro revealed the top five things Americans need to know about Russia in the latest episode of “Facts.”
In the episode, which was released Saturday morning, Shapiro explained that Russia had been a focus of U.S. foreign policy for decades because of its proximity to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Shapiro noted that one of the key questions about Russia today is whether it is a country on the rise or a country declining.
“From tsarist Russia to the Soviet Union to Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Russia has been one of the great powers involved in nearly every major world event over the last two centuries,” Shapiro said. “But why does this matter? Why should you care?”
The first fact to know about Russia, Shapiro said, is that it is struggling demographically as it deals with low birth rates and a low life expectancy — in part due to…
