Yeah, the fall of USSR erased Russia from world powers...
I can't say it's good, as the world grows most when it is based on rivalisation... For example, Russians sent first man into space, USA sent first one on the moon... Now Poland is only influenced by USA, EU and Japan with their manga-manga-propaganda. And Korea, which ruins multiplayer games...
For example, as my Star-Craft playing friend claims, month before end of season, first 10 places belonged to Americans and Canadians. Week before the end, these were owned by Koreans... The difference is, USA player plays whole year to get his statistic, and Korean-gosu-machine simply wins 1000 games in a row and get's best statistic in one day.
If Korean player enters Quake III arena game, it is sure in 3 minutes he'll won the match. Koreans rarely speak in such games, through if they do, they use words "hasu", "gosu", "noob", "sayan" and laugh using "kekekekekeke".