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19. Great history. And this matters to Putin but also

Wed Feb 19, 2025, 07:26 PM

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its lithium and other resources which is why he went for Donbass. Oligarchies don't make good economies so they need to steal resources from someone else. Crimea has strategic importance. And if it weren't for these things and the history, he'd find another reason. Dictators tend to expand their territories. It's part of their mindset. That's why Trump has already got his eyes on Canada, Greenland, Panama, and Mexico. He's not interested in being a president who makes peoples lives better, he wants to aquire and loot.

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