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> Russia will be on the first line of climate change, they have quite few incentives to make the right call.

Russia has incentives, but the Russian government does not. Its fortunes are entirely tied to the petro-ruble.

And when it comes to choosing between what's good for Russia, and what's good for whomever is governing Russia, Russians will choose the latter eight times out of ten.




I think you’re misinterpreting the nature of the Russian regimes. Even the current one.

After 1991, a lot of illegitimate fortunes built up, controlling important parts of different industries but also weapons, including nuclear ones.

Even with the govt power and the brutal nature of the regime, they had hard times to make the oligarchs yield to his wishes.

History will certainly say that somewhat Putin was a necessity before the country’s dislocation threat.




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