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You don't even have to go so far back. In January 2022 few believed that Russia would invade Ukraine because Russia was heavily depending on exporting gas and o
by foepys 4y ago
You don't even have to go so far back. In January 2022 few believed that Russia would invade Ukraine because Russia was heavily depending on exporting gas and oil to the EU. The sanctions in 2014 for the annexation of Crimea were deemed to scare Russia away from doing so.
Then Russia invaded anyways and is apparently now in the process of doubling down by mobilizing hundreds of thousands of fresh recruits.
- swagasaurus-rex 4y agoDictators dream of conquest, often against economic or strategic realities. If the law prohibits that, call it a special operation and not a declaration of war.
- Imtiredofpassw 4y agoYeah, except that Russia wants raw natural resources from the Ukraine territories it wants to annex. They can kill all Ukrainians and destroy all of their cities and still be able to extract what they want. Now do that in Taiwan. Are you going to mine semiconductors from under a rock? Do that while an army of Taiwan partisans keeps fighting for decades?
- fomine3 4y agoThat's not why Russia started the war
- mikrotikker 4y agoIts one reason for sure. Most things come back to natural resources.
- fleddr 4y agoPlus...earning more revenue than before on gas and oil.
- mensetmanusman 4y agohttps://www.statista.com/statistics/1028682/russia-federal-budget-oil-and-gas-revenue/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1028682/russia-federal-b... True, but with less revenue in the future and higher inflation. Also, they are killing off lots of the men needed in their workforce. Higher revenue is just being burned in $100MM missile strikes.
- fleddr 4y agoI agree, I can't see it end well for Russia. Still, we should not forget that even a failed state or defeated country is something to deal with.
- mikrotikker 4y agoYea Putin is no good but that could be worse. Better the devil you than the devil you don't? He fucked that up by invading Ukraine so somethings gotta give.