Russia’s apparent resilience is being kept up by policy tricks and cash

Re:Russia’s apparent resilience is being kept up by policy t... by adamsmith143 on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:42PM (#33924936)

>Chop that machine into 4 or 5 pieces and it's far less scary.

Ask the people living on the Borders of Latvia, Estonia or Georgia what they think of that. These warlords won't respect borders.

>even if they are capable of using them, they are at a more precarious position than eg. Putin at the helm of Mighty Russia.

I think they have even more incentive to use them, far less consequences if they do. Losing your position as warlord of some Fiefdom is a lot less scary then losing your position as the Dictator of a nation with a top 10 GDP, a permanent UN Security Council seat and having personal wealth in the Hundreds of Billions?

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Re:Russia’s apparent resilience is being kept up by policy t... by rich_sasha on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:56PM (#33925103)

Milosevic of Serbia was taken to court. Gaddafi was captured and killed before any court could protect him. Putin is never going to stand trial, unless somehow Russia rats him out (but I struggle to imagine that).

Smaller dictators can do less harm, not more.

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Re:Russia’s apparent resilience is being kept up by policy t... by adamsmith143 on Friday December 09, 2022 @06:22PM (#33927833)

>Putin is never going to stand trial, unless somehow Russia rats him out (but I struggle to imagine that).

I'm sure Serbs and Libyans had said the same about Milosevic and Gaddafi for years before they were removed from power.

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