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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1071834" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>My hope is that Putin's control of the Russian media is so complete that he can accept the status quo and not lose face domestically (sell it as preventing a fictitious Ukrainian re-taking of Donbas). It would appear to have been a poorly played hand. Why not try two years ago with Trump in power? </p><p></p><p>At the very least I think it will have weakened the hands of those in the EU and US who would want to reduce sanctions on Russia for its previous Ukrainian acts. It might also lead the likes of Sweden into the arms of NATO, and they weren't even thinking of that as an option for the past 30 years and yet they felt the need to mobilise their military this month incase of Russian aggression. </p><p></p><p>People like me felt NATO should have ceased after the fall of the USSR, but the last 8 years is showing how horribly wrong people like me were. NATO is the only thing standing against the Balkanisation of Eastern Europe. Putin barely put a foot wrong in his first two terms (or even when he relegated himself to Prime Minister for a term), but this has not been his finest hour. With the mess going on in 'western' society I think he should remain optimistic of his overall goals though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1071834, member: 74121"] My hope is that Putin's control of the Russian media is so complete that he can accept the status quo and not lose face domestically (sell it as preventing a fictitious Ukrainian re-taking of Donbas). It would appear to have been a poorly played hand. Why not try two years ago with Trump in power? At the very least I think it will have weakened the hands of those in the EU and US who would want to reduce sanctions on Russia for its previous Ukrainian acts. It might also lead the likes of Sweden into the arms of NATO, and they weren't even thinking of that as an option for the past 30 years and yet they felt the need to mobilise their military this month incase of Russian aggression. People like me felt NATO should have ceased after the fall of the USSR, but the last 8 years is showing how horribly wrong people like me were. NATO is the only thing standing against the Balkanisation of Eastern Europe. Putin barely put a foot wrong in his first two terms (or even when he relegated himself to Prime Minister for a term), but this has not been his finest hour. With the mess going on in 'western' society I think he should remain optimistic of his overall goals though. [/QUOTE]
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