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Precis; Ryssland är en högst bedräglig och mycket, mycket opålitlig part att ha att göra med, och detta är något man tyvärr måste ha i åtanke i precis alla situationer där man interagerar med dem.Den ryska instinkten och maniska driften att hugga andra i ryggen för att göra sig till något slags "herrefolk" över ett Storryskt imperium är dessvärre större än deras egna självintresse eller förståelse för det ekonomiska och diplomatiska begreppet 'mutual benefit':
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"They’re carefully enunciating the word clusterfuck"
How Russian officials and members of parliament really feel about Putin’s decision to send troops to Ukraine.
"If Russia considers itself an empire, why not become attractive to its neighbors by developing the country instead of by forcing their loyalty? Let's build good roads, quality health care and education, and eventually come up with the kind of technology that would allow us to be the first to colonize Mars. That would be quite empire-like," a high-ranking official said brokenly when I asked him what he thought of Putin's motives for starting the war.
How Russian officials and members of parliament really feel about Putin’s decision to send troops to Ukraine.
"If Russia considers itself an empire, why not become attractive to its neighbors by developing the country instead of by forcing their loyalty? Let's build good roads, quality health care and education, and eventually come up with the kind of technology that would allow us to be the first to colonize Mars. That would be quite empire-like," a high-ranking official said brokenly when I asked him what he thought of Putin's motives for starting the war.