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I think everyone in Europe is keen on "mutually beneficial economic exchange with Russia and China" but I think that recent history demonstrates that Russia and
by sgt101 5y ago
I think everyone in Europe is keen on "mutually beneficial economic exchange with Russia and China" but I think that recent history demonstrates that Russia and China have different views from us about what mutually beneficial means.
>Putin, repeatedly, has been shown to be a reliable, and predictable partner
Oh come on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Vrb%C4%9Btice_ammunition_warehouses_explosions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Vrb%C4%9Btice_ammunition_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_bounty_program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_bounty_program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Montenegrin_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Montenegrin_coup_d%27%C3%...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_independence_movement#Second_Statute_of_Autonomy_and_after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_independence_movement#...
and many other gigs!