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Originally Posted by Dondilion
Putin is interested in resurrecting the old Soviet-era "sphere of influence".
Yes!
Putin may well be denied Ukraine.
Putin does not want Ukraine. He could never control Western Ukraine which is Polish-centric. The aim it seems now is to occupy in mass Eastern Russified Ukraine.
Several factors make this seems possible:
There is a raging debate in Biden admin how to achieve an off ramp.
Why off ramp:- the main objective of the Ukraine shenanigans has not been achieved. That is the economic collapse of Russia leading to Balkanization.
Russia seemed to have weathered the sanction storms and benefitted immensely from Western harassed oligarchs who no longer can invest in London, New York, Paris, Miami etc.
Russia is adapting to a war economy.
The destabilization of Ukraine's neighbors due to the huge influx of refugees; especially in Poland.
The possibility of accidental WW111 conflict over Ukraine, a country that has no vital strategic interest to US.
the re-election of Erdogan.
China gains and emerges the winner.
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You and whell keep forgetting the part about how Putin is a war criminal and his crimes are supported by the Russian people.
Of course you also forget the part about the 46% of Americans who would vote to put a sociopath like Trump in the Oval Office again, because they think there might be something in it for them...so this is not surprising.
I can only imagine these two reading The Man In The High Castle and lamenting the glory that might have been...when the criminals come out on top.