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It's much simpler than that. Invading a neighbor comes right out of the dictator's playbook. Putin's invading Ukraine to distract from his own domestic issues
by gwbas1c 5y ago
It's much simpler than that. Invading a neighbor comes right out of the dictator's playbook.
Putin's invading Ukraine to distract from his own domestic issues and to try to boost his popularity with the general Russian population.
I don't think this has anything to do with China.
- krono 5y agoMy pet theory is that Russia's natural resource production was looking to fall way short, so much so, even, that wouldn't be able to make their contractual obligations (i.e. international exports). This would have been an economic and political disaster. I guess we'll never know if I was right now, though, now that demand has fallen[0], supply has increased[1], and the people have been well distracted for some time to come. 0: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-stop-nord-stream-2/ https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-stop-nord-stream-... 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Ukraine#shale_gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Ukraine#shale_g...
- agapon 5y agoMy personal pet theory is that Russia is afraid that practical nuclear fusion will make them irrelevant on the energy market, and by extension at all. That's why they are trying to "seize the moment" while they can.