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Originally Posted by blankall
I was hoping we'd see a silver lining repeating, in that hopefully this is the end of Putin, after a failed invasion of Ukraine. Obviously, I hope this doesn't drag on for 10 years, the way Russia's invasion of Afghanistan did.
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With the amount of sanctions being applied to the country, I can't imagine this dragging on in its current state (perhaps some proxy battles via "separatists" ala 2014).
USSR was far more self-sufficient in the 1980s and not as tied into the global trading / financing system as before.
The worry always is when one dictator falls, what rises up from the ashes? Yeltsin/Putin have had 30 years to build an inherently exclusive and extractive nation built on illiberal "democracy". Replacing Putin does not fix the system that was created previously, nor does it mean we will see a leader whom is any better.
However, Putin certainly needs to go