Russians Seem Interested in My Book About How Dictatorships End

Re:Russians Seem Interested in My Book About How Dictatorshi... by thriftwy on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:14PM (#35864234)

EU did not cause the war in Ukraine. Soviets did, by appending Donetsk Krivorozhye Republic to Ukraine SSR.

But, the fact is that expansion of EU and EU influence in Ukraine were conductive of that war instead of being a deterrent.

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Re:Russians Seem Interested in My Book About How Dictatorshi... by dragonwriter on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:16PM (#35864271)

> EU did not cause the war in Ukraine.

Correct.

> Soviets did, by appending Donetsk Krivorozhye Republic to Ukraine SSR.

No, the Russian Federation did, by launching an unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.

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Re:Russians Seem Interested in My Book About How Dictatorshi... by thriftwy on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:25PM (#35864375)

Ukraine did not control Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk for almost a decade. The north cyprus / north ireland situation existed before the war, which does look idiotic to me presently.

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Re:Russians Seem Interested in My Book About How Dictatorshi... by dragonwriter on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:32PM (#35864463)

The war started with the 2014 invasion, not the 2022 escalation.

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Re:Russians Seem Interested in My Book About How Dictatorshi... by thriftwy on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:01PM (#35866327)

Okay, so? Another war was started in 1974 by Turkey. I rest the case.

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