• GladiusB@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Oh I’m going to disagree. When USSR crumbled and we had some years of a rebuilding Russia, there was no real threat. There really isn’t still. Russia’s economy is small. Like less than California’s. They are a nothing country in terms of power. They are just big in media presence.

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      7 months ago

      Not in Putin’s mind. During Glasnost, Gorbachev was very much interested in creating a new alliance with the West in order to stave off complete economic and social collapse.