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EU countries including Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and eastern Poland have been part of the Russian nation at some point since “ancient Rus”. What makes you think Putin doesn’t want them back?

Kaliningrad sits there right in the middle of EU and NATO. That’s got to sting him. Trump’s second term will be his ticket to take a stab at fixing this geopolitical blemish, the mote in the Eastern god’s eye.




I don't know, do you see Germany trying to reclaim territory right now? Is Austria laying claim to Hungary? What kind of argument is this?


If you haven't noticed, Russia is actively reclaiming territory it claims as historically Russian. Why does it stop at Ukraine?


That summary only works if you leave out like 90% of the full story but I'm not going to attempt to convince you of anything. Shrug.




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