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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by leto_ii on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:37AM (#30456745)
> amount of resources they supply to an increasingly resource hungry world

But that's the only thing they supply. At least in Europe (I hope) they'll start decoupling from Russian fossil resources asap.

> The amount of math and science talent

Pales in comparison to the US, China or the EU (taken as a block) and possibly even in comparison to the UK or Japan.

> The possession of advanced nuclear weaponry

This insures that MAD still works, but not much more I think.

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by treis on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:44PM (#30458530)
>But that's the only thing they supply. At least in Europe (I hope) they'll start decoupling from Russian fossil resources asap.

Which is the last thing anyone should want because it will simply deepen ties between Russia and China.

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