Our nation already resembles this in many ways...take a ride through Detroit, Buffalo, Gary, Cleveland, or any other rust belt city.....hell, just check out the dingier areas of the foreclosure crisis in some of the perceived "premier" cities of the US....Miami, Las Vegas, Los Angeles.
Russia still has a multitude of problems, although they have made many improvements under the great visionary that is Putin(the best of the world's leaders). Alcoholism is taking a HUGE toll, and needs to be stopped.