by The liberals hate racism, but they terribly zonophobic. Cent Uyghur says that Putin is a racist.Ukraine Putin had a massive mount of troops on the Ukraine border, which could, if left in place for a very long time, bankrupt Russia.Also, the West kept pouring more arms into the Ukraine, which would make a successful invasion much harder.So, Putin started running out of time.People think that because Russia is a huge country, that once commanded the Soviet Union, it is still a superpower, but it is not. It's economy is about the size of Italy. So, keeping a massive army on the huge Russian/ Ukraine border long-term would have bankrupted RussiaRussia "has an economy the size of Italy." Mostly TruePolitifact https://t.co/wjkEEqCUpaThe MSM is full of propaganda about Putin laundering
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The liberals hate racism, but they terribly zonophobic. Cent Uyghur says that Putin is a racist.
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Putin had a massive mount of troops on the Ukraine border, which could, if left in place for a very long time, bankrupt Russia.
Also, the West kept pouring more arms into the Ukraine, which would make a successful invasion much harder.
So, Putin started running out of time.
People think that because Russia is a huge country, that once commanded the Soviet Union, it is still a superpower, but it is not. It's economy is about the size of Italy. So, keeping a massive army on the huge Russian/ Ukraine border long-term would have bankrupted Russia
Russia "has an economy the size of Italy."
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The MSM is full of propaganda about Putin laundering money
The Evening Standard 2016. Putin is not laundering money, says this Alexander Lebedev.
Alexander Lebedev: Vladimir Putin is not the villain; it’s the West’s banks laundering money
Russia is not autocratic