I'm not fan of Putin, but from their perspective their sovereignty is being threatened. NATO has been adding member countries all along Russia's borders and through that, tons of military support. Their access to warm water ports is virtually nil and will be nil if they lose access to Ukraine.
I think Putin is going about this the wrong way. For the last 30 years Russia should have been creating industry and cultivating trade partners, but their leadership is stuck in a Cold War frame of mind.
If things keep going like this, we're going to see Russia become a vassal state to China, and they'll try to undermine the dollar and euro through BRICs.
The media would have you believe this is all Putin being an unreasonable madman, but there is a MUCH larger game here that's being ignored.
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I'm not fan of Putin, but from their perspective their sovereignty is being threatened. NATO has been adding member countries all along Russia's borders and through that, tons of military support. Their access to warm water ports is virtually nil and will be nil if they lose access to Ukraine.
I think Putin is going about this the wrong way. For the last 30 years Russia should have been creating industry and cultivating trade partners, but their leadership is stuck in a Cold War frame of mind.
If things keep going like this, we're going to see Russia become a vassal state to China, and they'll try to undermine the dollar and euro through BRICs.
The media would have you believe this is all Putin being an unreasonable madman, but there is a MUCH larger game here that's being ignored.