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Not if you're in a country bordering it.
by Filligree 10y ago
Not if you're in a country bordering it.
- gragas 10y agoDo you seriously expect Putin, of all people, to raise up neighboring countries in lieu of Russia? He is a strategist who puts his country above all else. This is practically out of Machiavelli's The Prince: Putin "entertains" neighboring countries and keeps a strong grip over them. But he won't expend resources on them.
- refulgentis 10y agoYou have invented a straw man. The parent was referring to activity such as draining resources and stoking fears in the populace of Estonia. See http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/trump-russia-worries-estonia-214511 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/trump-russia-.... Also, Russia's backing of Assad in Syria propped up a dictator assaulting civilians with banned chemical weapons and lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, and a refugee crisis that disrupted a continent.