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cgod · 3797 days ago · link · · parent · post: The cost of Vladimir Putin’s gamble in Ukraine is going up, but he shows no sign of changing course
Russia has been under an unrelenting assault by the American empire since the end of WWII. We have encircled them with NATO and with our new and novel form of Imperialism (Free Trade). Russia can't compete with the western corporatism and continuing to play the game guarantees defeat. It's not about Ukraine or Crimea, they are just the place Putin decided he had to try and draw another line in the sand (like in Georgia). Pretending this conflict has anything to do with Ukraine in particular is myopic. It does help from a propaganda standpoint that the Russian empire was founded in Kiev but the battle is on a much broader front.