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Clearly ignoring all the signals since the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008.

• r00fus 4y ago
  s/ignoring/profiting from/ In Germany, Gerhardt Schroeder and Angela Merkel were perfectly fine promoting Russian gas and shutting down nuclear to improve their own positions and economic outcomes. The same corruption happened in many places throughout Europe. Now the chickens are coming home to roost.
  • Zealotux 4y ago
    >Since leaving public office, Schröder has worked for Russian state-owned energy companies, including Nord Stream AG, Rosneft, and Gazprom.
• simonh 4y ago
  And the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, and Obama's policy of not arming Ukraine because Ukraine was not a US priority and more important to Russia than to the USA (yes, he said that). Trump shaking down Zelensky for political favours as a condition on security assistance probably didn't help either, way to signals support for an ally.