And it looks like Putin just went too far. Bulgaria, the Soviet Union's former enforcer and the NATO member most willing to give Ukraine to Russia, has not taken kindly to Putin's latest demand. Every day NATO becomes more unified. Rather than falling apart the alliance is being renewed. This is looking like a huge Russian miscalculation. |
Wow. These posts are shining examples of gaslighting. |
So what can Putin do in response to Nordstream-2 getting canceled and to getting frozen out of SWIFT?
Also, the soldiers fighting in Russia's war would be part of their Baby Bust generation - 12.5 million Russians born between 1988-1992 (post-Soviet chaos) and 6.5 between 1998-2002 (economic chaos). Militarily, Russia could size Novorosiya (land bridge to Crimea) and some area around Donbass with relative ease. After that they'd be hitting areas with more hostile demographics. Of course, a lot depends on how much the Ukrainians have planned for Operation Gladio type operations. (i.e. stay behind and wreak havoc) Russia's gotta keep their army supplied. |
The smart thing for Russia to do would be just to inject a lot of fear and uncertainty in the world..look at the US right now. The stock market is tanking because of excessive speculation and an asset bubble. Russia is banning crypto, which is tanking Bitcoin. All Russia has to do is threaten to destabilize the region without actually intending to do anything. The fear will cause the collapse of the US economy. That would allow Russia to bring the US to its knees without ever needing to fire a single shit, cost a drop of Russian blood, not require an outrageous spending. A perfect evil genius way to attack asymmetrically. The US economy is levered to the gills and is in the verge of crashing. It only takes the injection of fear to push it over the edge |
I doubt Germany will do anything to Russia. It’s in the best interest of Germany to have Russia rule Ukraine. |
Lol, that's what Russia has been doing. But now theyve gotten impatient and believed their own disinformation. They've overplayed their hand and rather than tearing the West apart they're bringing us back together. This is a collosal choke job by Putin. He was so close to winning but now he's lost. Just another old man. |
This “Mittelmacht” Obviously Germany and Russia fought massive wars but there is a deep streak in German psyche that has always wanted very strong russo-German relations. |
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Germany blocks weapons transfer to Ukraine. Of course with Friends like this, who needs enemies? |
Let's see what happens when Russia forces them to choose. Putin, like the classic old chauvinist he is, has underestimated Frau Baerbock. |
Conservatives hate liberals more than they love America. |
Follow the money. It’s always about the money. Gas in this case. |
Putin has no incentive to invade but has a great incentive to escalate tensions and then agree to de escalate in order to receive concessions from the West. Read Navalny’s interview in time magazine |
You are right that they are bluffing but they don’t want that much, just removal of some sanctions and the go ahead for nord stream 2 |
That went out the window when they expanded their demands to include sacrificing Romania and Bulgaria. |