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Esra Kleine
https://open.spotify.com/show/3oB5noYIwEB2dMAREj2F7S?si=yeQ8gxHURdqcIuZZQKlGSg&utm_source=copy-linkis really good on this with his recent interviews.
The tl;dr is that we in the west make the mistake of viewing this through a geopolitical lense as it is what we are comfortable with.
hugo7
My understanding of politics/geo-politics is basic at best and usually follows what I see as logic/common sense. What on Earth can Russia possibly gain from this position (financial? Reputation? Influence (again for what?). Surely, if it's territory to exploit natural resources, this will pale into significance when considering the current financial losses and given decades of international sanctions they will be hit with. Is it simply one man's megalomaniacal dick-swinging or is there another belief different to mine that will give the Russian state/population tangible or even intangible benefit? Again, appreciate I might be completely naive, possibly insensitive but usually 'baddies' have a motive of some sort regardless of how frowned upon it is by others.