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Why assume it's rational? The Ukraine belonged to the USSR, Russia sees itself as the legitimate successor to the Soviet Union. So the Ukraine and the Baltic st
by fabian2k 5mo ago
Why assume it's rational? The Ukraine belonged to the USSR, Russia sees itself as the legitimate successor to the Soviet Union. So the Ukraine and the Baltic states belong to it, as far as Putin sees it.
- sam_lowry_ 5mo agoBy the same logic, US belongs to the crown.
- BadBadJellyBean 5mo agoNo one says there is any logic behind it.
- Ancapistani 5mo agoYes, and the War of 1812 happened. The US grew too strong to be plausibly taken by the UK.
- red-iron-pine 5mo agoit belonged to the tsar before that. moscow always called the shots in kyev and they prefer to keep that going. also don't underestimate the black sea access and the pan-slavic, pan-orthodox "3rd rome" thing -- those also shape perception.
- general1465 5mo ago> pan-slavic Panslavism has died in 19th century when other slavic states figured out that it is just different name for Russian empire. Then panslavism was revived after 1945 as Eastern Block. It has been an economical disaster.