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Do 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
by gragas 10y ago
Do 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.