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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
In the context of the recent Russian “election” I was wondering how much of this is driven by Putin alone. Is he obsessed with Ukraine the way Hitler was obsessed?
If Putin was killed tomorrow would there be a fundamental shift in Russian policy that could result in a quick end to the war and stability in Europe?
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No because in many ways Putins no different than every Russian ruler for 300 years, they are both jealous and insecure of the west, they see it as their right to be rich powerful and respected like France/Great Britain/Germany/United States whilst being barely able to farm pigs effectively, they also fear invasion from the west (their inability to run a functioning modern economy tends to limit their thinking to a 1940's level of strategic thought, the idea that what actually makes them weak is their inability to make a car or TV that works doesn't occur to them) but this fear of invasion leads them to the strategic assumption they need to control out to the Carpathians and Warsaw in order to shorten their lines of defense while giving them room to retreat as they did in 1812, 1914 and 1940