-
it's just a matter of time until Russia makes some pact with Germany to exchange Lithuania for a gas subscription.
The thing is, it won’t matter. I’m surprised how little Russians know about the history. 1st WW happened exactly for the same reason - political pacts between Austria and other European powers carving Ottoman Empire (with Russia agreeing to everything, abandoning their appetite for Serbian influence in exchange for access to the Mediterranean). However, local people will ignore the high level politics and fight for their self-determination. If Russians thing that Lithuanians or Estonias value peace and their mobile phones more than being part of the Kolchoz, they’re greatly mistaken. The only thing that goes against the Baltic states are fairly low population levels and the fact that all the men of fighting age are already on the Overground from Barking going to work.
You are reading a single comment by @EEI and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
EEI
Can't imagine a single village without a moonshine production point so they should be fine but it's actually an interesting situation - those sanctions apply to export and now everybody here is discussing whether transit through Lithuania counts as export or not.
And while every politic here was silent about it, Russians cried their eyes out, pushed somebody in Germany around and now somebody from the EU already proposed to make an exception for Kaliningrad and people here are going nuts that if we start making exceptions to Russia, it's just a matter of time until Russia makes some pact with Germany to exchange Lithuania for a gas subscription.