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Re:Russian ship loitering near undersea cables by kbart on Thursday October 13, 2016 @02:55AM (#12699001)
Actually it did went ok for Russia - they got half of Europe and became one of world's two dominating powers.
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Re:Russian ship loitering near undersea cables by five3 on Friday October 14, 2016 @11:39AM (#12708790)
Then collapsed into poverty, recovered slightly, got put under harsh sanctions, and are currently experiencing poverty again.
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Re:Russian ship loitering near undersea cables by clock_tower on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:19PM (#12709597)
And there was that whole "20 million dead during the war" bit. I'd think they'd want to play it safe!

(Edit: I guess that by "they" I mean "Putin and company" -- they have a lot of popular support, but it's hard to say how much is real and how much is self-seeking or the like.)

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