@es0mhi @simsa04
That's why sanctions won't hurt, why negotiations will be empty words to play with in a game of deception, and why brute force is cherished in this paranoid style of living: One is only alive and vivid when it hurts.
And even if the majority of Russians were not to share the beliefs of Putin and his circle: Nations can long endure oppression, economic decline, and cultural decay. The former Soviet Union throughout its entire history is a well-known example of this.
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