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Re:The Suspected Poisoning of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most P... by martythemaniak on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:13PM (#24226478)
Yes, this is indeed the "encroachment" GP talks about. The Russocentric worldview does not see non-Russian easterners as sentient beings capable of making choices, they are little more than mooks and serfs which rightfully belong to them. A Czech or a Georgian cannot decide to join NATO or the EU, it is "The West" stealing Russia's stuff.

This is perfectly fine view if you're Russian (who wouldn't want to control giant serf armies?), but it's pretty depressing to see it take off the western discourse.

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Re:The Suspected Poisoning of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most P... by vkou on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:35PM (#24227723)
The reason for that, of course, is that Russia, like any right-thinking country, wants to be surrounded by friendly or neutral buffer states.

If Mexico and Canada entered a military alliance with China, how do you think Washington would react? How long would it take until we would see regime change in Ottawa?

It's not a 'perfectly fine' view, it is just a natural consequence of being encircled.

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