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grawies t1_ja53oos wrote

"They have one goal: to disband the former Soviet Union [...]" says a lot about his world view, the dissolution in 1991 didn't happen.

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Gumbulos t1_ja557yp wrote

And Russia still holds Kaliningrad.

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ContributionDry2252 t1_ja55ul0 wrote

There have already been some talks about its independence. Might be interesting.

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xenoghost1 t1_ja6ihm6 wrote

i mean, considering the 2014 invasion has made life there noticeably worse, they might come to the Crimean conclusion of "well, we are Russians but Russia can't provide for us"

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Gumbulos t1_ja6uqfj wrote

Putin coined the idea that Russia would split up when the war effort fails. As it is doomed to fail given the current Russian losses...

I think a territorial disintegration of Russia will be good for Russians. And another Baltic state will benefit its ethnic Russian population. And this will also apply to all the other provinces.

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xenoghost1 t1_ja6xhb4 wrote

a free Russia on the baltic, hell they can bring that Prussia name back.

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random_nohbdy t1_ja73rpo wrote

Better yet, they can reunify with their rightful Czech rulers under the name and banner of Královec

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xenoghost1 t1_ja74ybz wrote

lmao, i advocated Královec yesterday.

you're right tho.

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ContributionDry2252 t1_ja75dps wrote

Well, at least he got that one right. There are people who are even looking forward to it, I've seen some maps about the assumed new independent countries. I think they were on Instagram.

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