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Re:Putin's People – a groundbreaking study that follows the ... by maharajatever on Monday June 29, 2020 @04:39AM (#23675642)
The bit that you miss is that the people who had the misfortune to live in the Russian "sphere of influence" did not want, and will never want to be in it. The former Russian "spheres of influence" are very happy to be out of it, and terrified by the prospect of finding themselves drawn into it.
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Re:Putin's People – a groundbreaking study that follows the ... by roenxi on Monday June 29, 2020 @04:41AM (#23675656)
I am the first person to criticise the Russian sphere of influence. They did a terrible job from the rise of the proletariat through to today. Even I could do a better job if left to administer the country.

However to call them aggressors is a total perversion of the word aggression. Their posture is backs-to-the-wall defensive in relation to Western powers.

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Re:Putin's People – a groundbreaking study that follows the ... by dreen on Monday June 29, 2020 @06:23AM (#23676153)
They are absolutely aggressors, and the defensive posturing is something they (Russian leaders) have used for centuries to excuse aggression. Their armies never conquer, they "liberate". This is not a tactic unique to them, but one they excel in.
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Re:Putin's People – a groundbreaking study that follows the ... by toyg on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:32AM (#23675885)
> They did a terrible job from the rise of the proletariat

They did a terrible job even before that, with "The Great Game" and all that. In fact, it was so bad even their own people had had enough.

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Re:Putin's People – a groundbreaking study that follows the ... by redis_mlc on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:17AM (#23675826)
No, Russian doctrine is to occupy neighboring countries to fight outside their own borders.

Just because they're afraid of having their "backs-to-the-wall" doesn't mean their doctrine is legitimate.

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Re:Putin's People – a groundbreaking study that follows the ... by redis_mlc on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:58PM (#23683709)
Description of how Russian military doctrine resulted in the annexation of the Baltic states in WW2:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_state...

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