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Originally Posted by Dread Knot
And has it improved enough to compensate for the loss of the Baltics, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine?
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That's what I'm pondering, I mean back in the day the Ukraine was supposedly the bread-basket of the Soviet Union, and even then grain shipments were still required from the US IIRC. Of course, this was under collectivization, so one would hope that things have improved since then but have they improved enough?
It does seem a rather odd thing to block, airspace yes, oil and gas exports, yes (although unless Putin shifted it quick to the PRC it would backfire on him), heck I'd even understand the likes of Syria suddenly gaining some nice new Russian made drones or something, but food...I must be missing something in the bigger picture, it's not like Putin to do something unless there's a reason for it that will either benefit Russia in the long term or damage Russias enemies more than Russia.