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How so? I understand you are talking about Ukrainian and Georgian wars, but even them are hardly an attempt to return to SU days. I'm not even talking about ve

by konart 7mo ago

How so? I understand you are talking about Ukrainian and Georgian wars, but even them are hardly an attempt to return to SU days. I'm not even talking about very limited influence over other ex-USSR republics. It is there but very limited.

LunaSea 7mo ago
You're missing Moldova as well. And yes, Russia keeps invading, hacking, politically pressuring and organising disinformation campaigns to make these ex-USSR countries fall back into Russia's bloody wing.
- konart 7mo ago
  Sure, but so far this has nothing to do with bringing USSR back.
  - LunaSea 7mo ago
    Yup, just a coincidence.
    - konart 7mo ago
      I'm just saying that >fall back into Russia's bloody wing. does not equal recreating USSR.
sigmoid10 7mo ago
It's not just that. Putin and his gang are actively pushing what is now referred to as neo-sovietism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sovietism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sovietism
- anthk 7mo ago
  There's no Neo-Sovietism but Duginism. It's a like an even more hardcore version of the Spanish Francoism but a la Slavic way. They hate science and praise the Orthodox ideology with high statism. And without a country-loving science China it's just getting a luxury present for free themselves. They will progress like crazy with very little efforth and they could buy Russian assets for scraps.
- konart 7mo ago
  Yes, but again - this more about their afforts to appeal to a certain part of domestic popularion rather than a fair attempt of rebuilding USSR. It's more about "ice cream for 47 kopecks" rathan then anything else.
  - mschuster91 7mo ago
    > this more about their afforts to appeal to a certain part of domestic popularion And yet, more than a million Russian lives alone were sacrificed to make the appeal reality. Russia, like it or not, is actively busy restoring its older glorious days and unfortunately there is no sign of them coming anywhere near to a point where they can't sustain their losses any more. They're permanently losing upwards of 1000 soldiers per day, and that's not counting the injured, only deaths.
    - konart 7mo ago
      >And yet, more than a million Russian lives alone As long as we are talking the current war https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c5yqkrz2xw1o https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c5yqkrz2xw1o Russia has 200k+ confirmed (via various sources like obituary, media posts etc) KIA. Even if we count MIA and add something on top - this is way less than mythical "million". >They're permanently losing upwards of 1000 soldiers per day, and that's not counting the injured, only deaths. Again - bullshit. Also see CSIS analysis with numbers: https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine
    - konart 7mo ago
      >permanently losing Just to be clear: "permanently losing" typically means soldiers who are unable to fight. Not killed ones. People who lose a limb, for example, are considerent a "permanent loss". https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2026/02/russia-internal-resources-war https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2026/0... as an example: "recoverable losses—i.e., those who will never return to the battlefield"

by konart 7mo ago

LunaSea 7mo ago

You're missing Moldova as well. And yes, Russia keeps invading, hacking, politically pressuring and organising disinformation campaigns to make these ex-USSR countries fall back into Russia's bloody wing.

konart 7mo ago
Sure, but so far this has nothing to do with bringing USSR back.
- LunaSea 7mo ago
  Yup, just a coincidence.
  - konart 7mo ago
    I'm just saying that >fall back into Russia's bloody wing. does not equal recreating USSR.

sigmoid10 7mo ago

It's not just that. Putin and his gang are actively pushing what is now referred to as neo-sovietism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sovietism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Sovietism

anthk 7mo ago
There's no Neo-Sovietism but Duginism. It's a like an even more hardcore version of the Spanish Francoism but a la Slavic way. They hate science and praise the Orthodox ideology with high statism. And without a country-loving science China it's just getting a luxury present for free themselves. They will progress like crazy with very little efforth and they could buy Russian assets for scraps.
konart 7mo ago
Yes, but again - this more about their afforts to appeal to a certain part of domestic popularion rather than a fair attempt of rebuilding USSR. It's more about "ice cream for 47 kopecks" rathan then anything else.
- mschuster91 7mo ago
  > this more about their afforts to appeal to a certain part of domestic popularion And yet, more than a million Russian lives alone were sacrificed to make the appeal reality. Russia, like it or not, is actively busy restoring its older glorious days and unfortunately there is no sign of them coming anywhere near to a point where they can't sustain their losses any more. They're permanently losing upwards of 1000 soldiers per day, and that's not counting the injured, only deaths.
  - konart 7mo ago
    >And yet, more than a million Russian lives alone As long as we are talking the current war https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c5yqkrz2xw1o https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c5yqkrz2xw1o Russia has 200k+ confirmed (via various sources like obituary, media posts etc) KIA. Even if we count MIA and add something on top - this is way less than mythical "million". >They're permanently losing upwards of 1000 soldiers per day, and that's not counting the injured, only deaths. Again - bullshit. Also see CSIS analysis with numbers: https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine
  - konart 7mo ago
    >permanently losing Just to be clear: "permanently losing" typically means soldiers who are unable to fight. Not killed ones. People who lose a limb, for example, are considerent a "permanent loss". https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2026/02/russia-internal-resources-war https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2026/0... as an example: "recoverable losses—i.e., those who will never return to the battlefield"