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I guess the question is, what does Russia want from the leverage gained from facilitating chaos?
by runawaybottle 5y ago
I guess the question is, what does Russia want from the leverage gained from facilitating chaos?
- edoceo 5y agoThe leverage. One wants the leverage for the leverage. Then you can use it for all kinds of other things, including things you didn't think of before. Like money, save it up and spend on whatever you want at the right time.
- XorNot 5y agoSomething like 70% of the Russian population say Stalin was a great leader in surveys. Stalin killed by his orders more Russians then World War 2 did, far more people total then the Holocaust. Russian's in general are pushed towards this idea that they want to be a "great power" on the international stage again, that this will fix their problems - it's certainly how Putin actively thinks. Of course it's never made any sense: Russia is huge. Domestically there's nothing it needs internationally to be a wealthy prosperous nation, and all it's problems are internal. Hence the chaos: to Russian strategic thinking (that 70% isn't just "the people" its far more concentrated amongst the leadership), one way to be a great power is to knock America and the EU down and chaos suits just fine for achieving that.
- 8note 5y agoThere are somethings it needs, and it's actively pursuing them Warm weather ports is one example