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Well, no, not really. It's plausible given his rhetoric that he'd be interested in all of Novorossiya.
by yakshaving_jgt 5y ago
Well, no, not really. It's plausible given his rhetoric that he'd be interested in all of Novorossiya.
- vetinari 5y agoHe would need support of local population for that. And if locals want it, why not? Right for self-determination, after all. At least that was the excuse when USSR/Yugoslavia/etc were broken down. But it is not that simple; any such territory would be a drain on Russian economy. For now, it is tactical advantage to keep Europe and US to drain theirs here. (One of reasons, why opolchentsi stopped before Mariupol few years ago).
- ncmncm 5y agoUkraine is has fantastically fertile crop land, and Russia is today a net importer of food. Food has never been a trivial concern for Russia or Russians.
- vetinari 5y agoThanks to sanctions, Russia is net exporter of food now. Sure, Ukraine has fantastic crop land, but their western partners are already taking care of it.