Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia
by dreamweapon on Friday December 12, 2014 @03:55PM
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You can only bait the bear for so long until it bites you back.
But he isn't "biting back" at the West. He's biting on the bones of thousands of civilians (of all nationalities) killed in Ukraine. And hundreds of his own soldiers, sent illegally (by Russia's own laws) to fight in a war beyond its borders.
Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia
by happyscrappy on Friday December 12, 2014 @09:39AM
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The bear is rabid but toothless and can be largely ignored except for their actions Ukraine, in which they laughably pretend they are not involved.
Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia
by adventured on Friday December 12, 2014 @04:00PM
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Not just toothless, but soon to be insolvent. It should only take another 12 to 18 months with oil below $60 or $70, to thoroughly crash the Russian economy and deplete their reserves (the share of their reserves they can actually use). At that point they'll either effectively capitulate, or they'll instigate a greater war.
Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia
by curiously on Friday December 12, 2014 @10:23AM
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You sound like one of the many Russian comment spam bots from Reddit news threads about anything Russian.
Re:Google to close engineering office in Russia
by osipov on Friday December 12, 2014 @11:22AM
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You are someone with an account created 69 days ago. A noob. Back in the day both reddit and this place used to have rational discussions. Until noobs like you showed up.
As part of bringing Russia closer, the West decided to shred Russia of its defense interests inherited from the Soviet Union. There was a systematic attack by the West on Russia's interests in Central Asia, Georgia, Syria, and now Ukraine. You can only bait the bear for so long until it bites you back.