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0 pointslandemva3y ago0 comments

> no reason they will escalate to nukes.

Putin has shown restraint over past two decades, so he probably won't use nukes. Those who may replace him, real hardliners, may be less restrained.

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0xDEF3y ago· 3 in thread

>Putin has shown restraint over past two decades

Ask the people living in Georgia, Ukraine, and occupied Chechnya about how much "restraint" Russia has shown them.

>Those who may replace him, real hardliners, may be less restrained.

In the context of geopolitics Putin is the hardliner. The other "hardliners" are all puppets that are used to give the illusion of dissent in Russia.

mhoad3y ago

This isn’t actually true. Here is a recently released report from Estonia’s foreign intelligence service that talks about that among other topics https://raport.valisluureamet.ee/2023/assets/WEB_VLA_ENG-rap...

unmole3y ago

> occupied Chechnya

Interesting framing. Do you also refer to Donetsk and Luhansk under Ukranian authority as Occupied Donbass?

vogre3y ago

>Ask the people living in Georgia, Ukraine, and occupied Chechnya about how much "restraint" Russia has shown them.

Actually people from Chechnya are fighting for Putin now. And the government of Georgia resist attempts to draw it in war with Russia like crazy, so they also appreciate the peace with Russia.

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