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> Otoh, what russia desperately needs in the short term is oil prices to go up, so there is probably a major silver lining for them. And they will again appear
by sekai 7mo ago
> Otoh, what russia desperately needs in the short term is oil prices to go up, so there is probably a major silver lining for them.
And they will again appear weak and incapable, unable to help their allies
- null_deref 7mo agoIsn’t this a fact set in stone by now? Armenia, Syria, Iran in the previous months
- dragonwriter 7mo ago> And they will again appear weak and incapable, unable to help their allies Iran and Russia have various partnership agreements, but are not allies. And Russia has already demonstrated that it doesn't support what are, on paper, close allies in the CSTO, so not defending a non-ally strategic partner really doesn't move the needle on their credibility.