Emerging power power; geography, population, economy, resources, military, diplomacy and national identity. Traditionally, only great powers or superpowers have succeeded in all seven dimensions of state power. The BRICS are often cited as being emerging powers, but at varying stages of development and of varying degrees of potential. For example, Russia, which was once a superpower, is now re-emerging in some aspects of state power following the fall of the Soviet Union. China and India are emerging as potential superpowers, while Brazil is emerging as a possible great power. The term emerging power is often used to delineate the following countries: Although
Religion in Russia in [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]. In cities like Moscow, Saint Petersburg and [[Samara]], often up to 1% of the population identify as Buddhists. Buddhism in Russia is almost exclusively of the [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan]] [[Vajrayana]] schools, especially [[Gelug]] but increasingly also [[Nyingma]] and [[Kagyu]] ([[Diamond Way Buddhism]]). There are many Russian converts, and the newer schools have been often criticised by representatives of the Gelug as the result of a Russianised ("Rossiysky") Buddhism and of Western Buddhist missionaries. [[File:A Russian Hindu girl.jpg|thumb|A Russian Hindu girl.]] Hinduism, especially in the forms of Krishnaism, [[historical Vedic religion|Vedism]] and [[Tantra|Tantrism]], but also in other forms, has