На прошлой неделе на Russia Direct также вышла моя статья, где я на иностранном языке доблестно пытаются объяснить иностранцам очевидные вещи. Статья пользуется успехом, может, и, правда, поймут чего?
…Why would Russia want to restore the Soviet Union? As the largest country in the world, Russia is not short of territory. Even supposing the Kremlin simply wanted to increase the number of citizens, why covet Ukraine, whose troubled people over the past twenty years have manifestly failed to create an effective system of governance?
The West suspects Moscow of harboring expansionist plans in other directions too. The Baltic countries are often mentioned in that context, whereupon the fact that all three of them are members of NATO somehow gets overlooked. Do the people making these allegations seriously think that Moscow intends to unleash a third World War that would threaten the existence of humanity?
If, on the other hand, Western observers were completely sure of the Kremlin’s irrational desire for nuclear Armageddon, then why would Moscow waste time with strategy and policy in respect of Ukraine? Why continue to look for openings and opportunities? Why not just start World War III?…
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…Why would Russia want to restore the Soviet Union? As the largest country in the world, Russia is not short of territory. Even supposing the Kremlin simply wanted to increase the number of citizens, why covet Ukraine, whose troubled people over the past twenty years have manifestly failed to create an effective system of governance?
The West suspects Moscow of harboring expansionist plans in other directions too. The Baltic countries are often mentioned in that context, whereupon the fact that all three of them are members of NATO somehow gets overlooked. Do the people making these allegations seriously think that Moscow intends to unleash a third World War that would threaten the existence of humanity?
If, on the other hand, Western observers were completely sure of the Kremlin’s irrational desire for nuclear Armageddon, then why would Moscow waste time with strategy and policy in respect of Ukraine? Why continue to look for openings and opportunities? Why not just start World War III?…
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