SanAndreasX said:
Yep. St Petersburg was the capital of the Russian Empire. Moscow was the capital of the Soviet Union. They can always move the capital further inland to Yekaterinberg or Novosbirsk. Or... and hear me out, I know it sounds crazy... Russia's government could stop acting in such a way that its neighbors won't feel the need to protect themselves by joining alliances like NATO. @Ryuu96: I guess it's early still, but it's starting to look like Putin seriously fucked up on this one. His troops are already starving and cold, and it's becoming more clear that at least some of them didn't understand what they were getting into. They clearly weren't expecting the Ukrainians to be so tenacious, especially President Zelensky himself. Hungry soldiers tend to not be loyal soldiers. A good ending to this war would be Vladimir Putin either swinging from a gallows or blindfolded in front of a firing squad. |
Even if Russia was peaceful, nations would still want to be part of NATO because of threats like China, North Korea, Iran, Cuba. Especially with the development of hypersonic missiles, ocean distance means very little now days. But a defensive pact that tells the world if you attack one of us you attack all of us still holds a lot of weight.
Finland and Sweden better join NATO quick. They are much more under threat of invasion by Russia in the "considering" phase than they would be if in NATO. Russia's war inexperience is showing in Ukraine, whereas NATO nations have been fighting in the middle east and Afghanistan very recently and for many years and become very experienced. Fresh armies usually have tons of casualties.
