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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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