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Originally Posted by Oberon
Naah, what Putin wants is a military and economic buffer zone between Russia and NATO nations. Since 1990, NATO has crept closer and closer to the Russian border, and this is perceived (correctly or otherwise) as a threat to Russian national sovereignty, so Russia is pushing back. They can't do anything to the likes of Poland and the Baltic states without getting NATO onto them, so they'll push in the places still available, the Ukraine, Georgia and possibly later on, Belarus.
EDIT: Also, 20k!    |
Thanks for reminding me.
That what some of these commentators wrote. He will clearly stay away from former USSR countries that are a member of NATO today or EU.
As mentioned before. Let hope he's only interested in East UKraine and Crimea.
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