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* Subverted in [[Fyodor Berezin]]'s ''Incoming Cataclysm'', where it is initially assumed that Russia may have gone back to its Soviet days, when an American base is destroyed by forces bearing the hammer-and-sickle red star. However, it is eventually determined that the attackers are from a [[Alternate Universe|parallel world]] where the Soviet Union is the dominant power. The rest of the novel is a major naval battle between our world's American carrier group and the other world's Soviet carrier group (the latter didn't really exist in [[Real Life]]). The parallel Soviets assume they're fighting ''their'' Americans (a pretty common occurance for them), while most of the American servicemen (except for the top brass) assume they're fighting some new unknown threat that uses Soviet symbology. Both sides use technology unknown (or seen as archaic) to the other, such as satellites and stealth ships for the Americans and ground effect planes and battleships for the Soviets. Both sides lose their supercarriers, which causes the Soviet forces to return to their native dimension (the rift was formed by the presence of active nuclear reactors).

* Several games in the ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]]'' series set in the modern era seem to go with this approach, pitting the Russians against the US. Notable examples include the ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company|Bad Company]]'' games, ''[[Battlefield Play4Free]]'', and ''[[Battlefield 3]]''.

* The [[Backstory]] of the ''[[Star Fight]]'' games has Russia undergo another revolution on September 11, 2012 (Note: this is an old game, so they had no way of knowing 9/11 would become an infamous date). A year later, the Soviet States of Russia are formed, starting a new [[Cold War]]. This time, it's with the [[United Nations Is a Super Power|UN]], which has, essentially, become a single entity. After the discovery of [[FTL Travel]], UN forms the [[Space Navy|UNSF]] and uses it to annex the SSR. The remaining Soviet leadership flees Earth for Mezen Prime, an Earth-like world found and settled by SSR, reforming the SSR into the Soviet States of Mezen. Later, the UNSF and SSM fight several wars, resulting in an [[AI Is a Crapshoot|AI revolt]] which bombs Earth back into the Stone Age and turns Mezen Prime uninhabitable.

* The [[Backstory]] of the ''[[Star Fight]]'' games has Russia undergo another revolution on September 11, 2012 (Note: this is an old game, so they had no way of knowing 9/11 would become an infamous date). A year later, the Soviet States of Russia are formed, starting a new [[Cold War]]. This time, it's with the [[United Nations Is a Super Power|UN]], which has, essentially, become a single entity. After the discovery of [[FTL Travel]], UN forms the [[Space Navy|UNSF]] and uses it to annex the SSR. The remaining Soviet leadership flees Earth for Mezen Prime, an Earth-like world found and settled by SSR, reforming the SSR into the Soviet States of Mezen. Later, the UNSF and SSM fight several wars, resulting in an [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|AI revolt]] which bombs Earth back into the Stone Age and turns Mezen Prime uninhabitable.

* The game ''[[Vanquish]]'' has the Russians returning to a militaristic country, at odds with the rest of world, after a Military coup. This of course leads to them attacking the 51st American state; [[In Space]]!

* In ''[[Earth 2150|Earth 2140]]'' and its sequels, the [[The Empire|Eurasian Dynasty]] was formed after [[World War Three]] has destroyed all the old nation-states in the mid-21st century. A Russian Army colonel leads his remaining men from their bunker East into what used to be Mongolia, where they encounter the Khans, a nomadic tribe. Joining with them, the colonel proceeds to start conquering what's left of civilization in Europe and Asia. He also marries into the tribe, changes his name, and forms his own dynasty, which persists for another century. By the time of the ill-fated Dynasty's war with the [[Eagle Land|United Civilized States]], ED now controls all of Europe, Asia, and Africa using cyborg armies and military equipment that has not changed since the last war (and if that means going up against [[Humongous Mecha]] with old-fashioned tanks, so be it). They are the least technological faction in the games, but can easily out-produce the others, preferring the [[We Have Reserves]] approach.

** According to the ''Earth 2160'' intro, Russia went communist again in 2008. Troop movements followed, culminating in a nuclear strike against an (presumably) American naval battle group. After a bit, Washington, D.C., is leveled by a nuke. Then [[It Got Worse]]. There may be some [[Discontinuity]] here, as the [[All There in the Manual|manual]] for ''Earth 2150'' claims that the nuclear war started in the 2040s.

* This is pretty much what happens in ''Tom Clancy's [[~~End War~~]].'' Awash with money and resources after a catastrophic energy crisis, the Russians decide to make themselves the world's only superpower. They even spark [[World War III]] by turning the [[Eagle Land|United States]] and [[United Europe|European Federation]] against each other.

* This is pretty much what happens in ''Tom Clancy's [[EndWar]].'' Awash with money and resources after a catastrophic energy crisis, the Russians decide to make themselves the world's only superpower. They even spark [[World War III]] by turning the [[Eagle Land|United States]] and [[United Europe|European Federation]] against each other.