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Europe would owe much more to the Soviet Union if the countries that were liberated by the Red Army wouldn't have remained occupied by the Soviet Union, and the
by flohofwoe 1y ago
Europe would owe much more to the Soviet Union if the countries that were liberated by the Red Army wouldn't have remained occupied by the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union made it very clear multiple times (1953 in East Germany, 1956 in Hungary, 1968 in Czechoslovakia) that they are not going to leave without bloodshed.
- saubeidl 1y agoThey left Austria without bloodshed.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoThey're still running it today but remotely from Russia. Putin was attending politicians' wedding there who then took jobs for Russian companies [1] and meeting chancellors for skiing, plus laundering their money through private banks and real estate purchases. That's why they left, Austria agreed to became their trojan horse and lobbying arm in Europe, constantly torpedoing nuclear energy projects[2] and Schengen membership expansions. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56280898 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56280898 [2] https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/austria-gears-up-to-fight-eu-green-nuclear-energy-plan/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/austria-gears-up-t...