Re:Vladimir Putin, in speech, hints at further territorial e...
by cntrl on Friday June 10, 2022 @03:13PM
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Good summary video! I think his TLDW (at around min ~13:50) is about the same as the general opinion regarding that conflict:
- Russia feeling threatened by NATO expansion
- Ukraine having plenty of natural ressources
- Building the infrastructure to harvest the natural ressources by western companies would mean closer ties to the west and accelerated EU / NATO membership talks and also less dependence of the west on Russias energy (or a direct competition)
- Russia feeling threatened by NATO expansion
- Ukraine having plenty of natural ressources
- Building the infrastructure to harvest the natural ressources by western companies would mean closer ties to the west and accelerated EU / NATO membership talks and also less dependence of the west on Russias energy (or a direct competition)