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Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy: âThis may not be the last chapter of the Russian empire, but itâs an important oneâ
The Harvard academic on writing while grieving – and where his country goes from herewww.theguardian.com
So…. potential for encirclement?
Could definitely see some breakaway regions happen in the aftermath of this. Kadryov would love to get out from under Moscow's influence, if they go Dagestan wouldn't be far behind. A whole bunch of regions in Siberia don't quite get the point of sticking around either.
plus, then Canada could be the world's biggest country by landmass!I think this is what needs to happen. A break-up of Russia that leaves Moscow in control of essentially just the old Grand Duchy of Moscow. A big source of the current problems is that Russian empire never truly disintegrated, like the British & European empires before them.
For the most part their subject peoples to the West have broken away. But they’ve retained Belarus, their conquered lands in Central & Eastern Asia and the Caucasus, and with them their sense of entitlement that Imperial Russia to its greatest extent still rightfully belongs to Moscow. And that they can turn back the clock on the break-up that’s already occurred.
Putin is going beyond what the Soviets tried to achieve (post-Stalin, anyway). He actually wants to challenge Article 5 and break up NATO. This war is the kinetic step, but we obviously know that active measures started a long time ago.
Putin is going beyond what the Soviets tried to achieve (post-Stalin, anyway). He actually wants to challenge Article 5 and break up NATO. This war is the kinetic step, but we obviously know that active measures started a long time ago.