Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy

Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy by layer8 on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @05:44PM (#30521065)

I don’t think so, at least not necessarily, because they are not part of Russia’s historical core. He surely would like to have them back in Russia’s sphere of influence, but I don’t think they are essential to restoring Russia’s greatness. Ukraine is in another category.

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Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:35PM (#30521549)

> I don’t think so, at least not necessarily, because they are not part of Russia’s historical core.

Putin referred, in his war announcement speech, to the USSR as a historical Russia, and blamed it's leaders for allowing it to fall apart, implying that reversing that was among the goals of his efforts; his idea of the “Russian core” appears to be the union of former Soviet and Russian Imperial territory (possibly not including the North American holdings, but who really knows.)

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Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy by layer8 on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:51PM (#30521677)

Putin is referring a lot to pre-Soviet Russia in his elaborations. My impression is that his aspirations are more about tsarian Russia than about Soviet Russia.

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