i was talking about sovereignty of states, which reflects the collective will of the people inhabiting it. unless you think 140 million russians are all living under some yoke of the kremlin they all hate, in which case we would be reaching very childish takes on politics. to make it short - poland can no longer take decisions on its own, since it decided to become a vassal state. russia can take decisions on its own. that's the key difference here.
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