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2014-08-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Vladimir Putin's pointless conflict with Europe leaves it a vassal of China

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Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Putin's playing the long game from a visibly declining position. Russia is having demographic collapse; he can see his major captive market (for oil and gas) moving away. It's fairly obvious the future (20 years) for Siberia is Chinese, whether they buy it or otherwise.
What he's done is locked in recognition of rights of proprietorship; cash is secondary. He was also dependent on EU for hard cash; this diversifies the income spread. It's actually an astute move in a difficult situation. Could it have been better? Yes, but "life's a b*tch, and then you die."

Posted by ed in texas 2014-08-27 07:45|| 2014-08-27 07:45|| Front Page Top

#2 We'll see how long it will take until "green little men" will start to appear in Siberian provinces calling for bogus referendums.

Putin opened Pandora's box with Crimea.

Posted by European Conservative 2014-08-27 10:02|| 2014-08-27 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Vladimir Putin has been obsessed with an imaginary threat from an ageing, pacifist Europe in slow decline

Anybody can write such sentence deserves a prize.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-08-27 12:32|| 2014-08-27 12:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Putin's not worried about Europe. He's merely wants to conquer it.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2014-08-27 15:44|| 2014-08-27 15:44|| Front Page Top

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