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Ukraine's warming to the ways of the west makes Russia nervous. Access to the black sea is a strategic issue. Reservoirs in Crimea drying up because their sourc
by seandoe 5y ago
Ukraine's warming to the ways of the west makes Russia nervous. Access to the black sea is a strategic issue. Reservoirs in Crimea drying up because their source is in Ukraine proper. I don't defend any of this aggression in the least, but if mexico and Canada started warming up to China, you could imagine how the US would react. Once again, I don't support or defend Russia in this situation, but at the same time I don't think it's the work of a madman.
- oblio 5y ago> Access to the black sea is a strategic issue. Crimea is a good strategic resource, but Russia already has over 1000 km of Black Sea coastline...
- infamia 5y agoPutin has clearly stated that he does not believe the Ukrainians are a separate people. That should tell you everything you need to know what this is truly about. Putting that aside for a moment, Germany's economy is almost three times the size of Russia's. The UK's economy is twice as big. Russia's economy is smaller than Italy and is just a bit larger than Spain. Russia is simply not powerful enough, nor important enough, to expect a buffer of satellite states like they had 50 years ago.