exactly.   i wouldn't be so sure. we don't have all the information their decisions are based on. lots of international leadership talks. well, we can be surer in simpler situations; we can for example get a pretty accurate idea about why kursk was planned. but this deal...... it's way more complex than that campaign. i'm not confident pointing to something and saying "that's the only reason", and i don't think you should be too. though, i'm categorically for speculation instead of the russian phenomena where they always believe it's all nebulous plans from the top we can't know.... just in this case - like i said, seems too complex, too many international actors and internal talks.
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