Here is a rant from Pravda
http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/106119-0/
Now although pravda is to be taken with a pinch of salt, I would imagine that this kind of slant typifies most coverage of the war in either Russia or any CIS state with Russian sympathies, granted that this version may be extreme.
My reason for inclusion was to try and guage the similarity between Russia and a post WW1 Germany.
I think that their are as many similarities (Nationalist rhetoric, Economic resurgence after humiliation etc), my main question is where will Russian territorial ambitions end?
AFAICS, the same argument or "formula" could be used in more or less the same way in the Baltic states who have sizable ethnic Russian minorities.
With ther exception of the Baltic states(And only very marginally for that matter), most ex USSR states are corrupt and inefficient poltical and economic entities that to more or less of a degree have retained more characteristics of the Soviet Union than Russia has itself, in every one of them, IMHO there would be at least one disgruntled ethnic group which would use Russian nationlist ambitions to their own ends
At what point would the western europe/USA need to make a stand where any further territorial expansion would be countered by military force?
Additionally, what would be Russia's optimum territorial aquisition? It has a huge area to administer and I would not think that territorial aquisition for the sake of it would be on the agenda.
Should we be worried about more than just the price of good Chardonnay and house prices?
http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/106119-0/
Now although pravda is to be taken with a pinch of salt, I would imagine that this kind of slant typifies most coverage of the war in either Russia or any CIS state with Russian sympathies, granted that this version may be extreme.
My reason for inclusion was to try and guage the similarity between Russia and a post WW1 Germany.
I think that their are as many similarities (Nationalist rhetoric, Economic resurgence after humiliation etc), my main question is where will Russian territorial ambitions end?
AFAICS, the same argument or "formula" could be used in more or less the same way in the Baltic states who have sizable ethnic Russian minorities.
With ther exception of the Baltic states(And only very marginally for that matter), most ex USSR states are corrupt and inefficient poltical and economic entities that to more or less of a degree have retained more characteristics of the Soviet Union than Russia has itself, in every one of them, IMHO there would be at least one disgruntled ethnic group which would use Russian nationlist ambitions to their own ends
At what point would the western europe/USA need to make a stand where any further territorial expansion would be countered by military force?
Additionally, what would be Russia's optimum territorial aquisition? It has a huge area to administer and I would not think that territorial aquisition for the sake of it would be on the agenda.
Should we be worried about more than just the price of good Chardonnay and house prices?
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