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I'm not. There are countless reasons why this or that move would make sense for Russians. For example just to spread chaos and keep the world and its resources

I'm not. There are countless reasons why this or that move would make sense for Russians. For example just to spread chaos and keep the world and its resources divided and force Europe into some kind of deal. Especially if they have not much to loose. For Russians it's not a gentlemens' chess or card game. Or rather is, but the one played in russian prisons – if russian criminal looses, he punches opponent into face until opponent admits that it was a draw. After the game friends of the criminal visit the opponent and turns out that it wasn't a draw either. Disclaimer: I was forced to spend about half of my life in Soviet Union.

mysecretaccount 4y ago
> There are countless reasons why this or that move would make sense for Russians. For example just to spread chaos and keep the world and its resources divided and force Europe into some kind of deal. This is not enough justification for why this is plausible. Russia miscalculated in Ukraine (though even the US thought they would perform better[1]) but it is not suicidal. Invading a NATO country is a suicidal move for Russia. [1] https://theintercept.com/2022/10/05/russia-ukraine-putin-cia/ https://theintercept.com/2022/10/05/russia-ukraine-putin-cia...