Russian hardware from late soviet era was pretty reliable. That was precisely the period when most non-founding members rushed into NATO. Aircraft built in the 1980s were still flying real missions well into the 2020s. It’s worth asking how many 40-year-old American aircraft are doing frontline security work today without endless refits and life-extension programs. Meanwhile, Western fanboys like yourself spent years insisting that Russian equipment would fold instantly on the Ukrainian battlefield. Instead, we’ve watched hundreds of billions in top-of-the-line Western systems get reduced to scrap by what you smugly dismiss as “Stone Age Soviet tech.” And if you genuinely believe Maduro’s abduction happened without Moscow’s agreement, I’ve got a shitcoin with your name on it. Deals like that don’t happen by accident. Much more likely, it was another quiet backroom trade by Putin and Trump - Maduro in exchange for more favourable terms for the peace deal in Ukraine, or something to that tune.