> anyway, its fucking batty how hard russia has fucked its self over this. not really, if you have context: pidors know they cannot out-compete the west so their bet is invariably placed on forcing "cooperation". > he does this and doesnt expect what is left of the country to drift away from russia even faster? yes, apparently. my opinion is that they planned for belarus and kazakhstan scenario, where they "assist" incumbent stooges to usurp power. add to that cultural aspect of not taking ukraine seriously after our subjugation centuries ago... for all intents and purposes, pidors drank own kool-aid too much lol.
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