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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by WeylandYutani on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @08:34AM (#35150458)
And the USSR actually traded with the West. Made tons of money selling oil, gas and grain. Putin's actions are devoid of economic logic.
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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by Retric on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @08:51AM (#35150656)
The political logic works even if Russia’s economy tanks he can point to people outside the country as scapegoats. If Russia had normal trade relations with other countries and everything was in shambles then the only blame would be internal.

The crazy thing is their population was crashing so fast adding territory for the people is more important than adding territory for the natural resources.

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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by medo-bear on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @01:55PM (#35155591)
> The crazy thing is their population was crashing so fast

Basically the case of every eastern european country since fall of communism

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