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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]historically, culturally, you name it.  At the very least, those areas are 100% within an appropriate sphere of influence that should be respected.  Yes, Russia is a screwed up state with a bad economy and horrible demographics.  But it also is the largest country in the world, an ex superpower, and has 140 million people and lots of nukes.  We need to respect them if possible.

Definitely not worth picking a battle over Ukraine.

Finland or the Baltic States - different issues 100%.  So the only reason I would change my mind would be if caving on the Ukraine meant more issues down the road.[/quote]

The excerpt below is from last week's Economist.  Could OP be one of the Kremlin's network of paid bloggers?

"The Kremlin is also a sophisticated user of the internet and social media. It employs hundreds of “trolls” to garrison the comment sections and Twitter feeds of the West. The point is not so much to promote the Kremlin’s views, but to denigrate opposition figures, and foreign governments and institutions, and to sow fear and confusion. Vast sums have been thrown at public-relations and lobbying firms to improve Russia’s image abroad—among them Ketchum, based in New York, which helped place an op-ed by Mr Putin in the New York Times. And it can rely on some of its corporate partners to lobby against policies that would hurt Russian business."[/quote]

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