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SvennoJ on 02 March 2022
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Hiku said:
SvennoJ said:

I hope this doesn't end with Russia turning into another North Korea, yet 100x more dangerous. Sanctions didn't solve anything in NK and isolation only strengthened the government's hold on the country. Russia can support itself, yet the common people will suffer.

I understand this concern, but I don't think this is very applicable here, because unlike North Korea, Russia aspires to be a great and influential nation on a global scale, and its people are used to being connected with the rest of the world.
Them getting kicked out of absolutely everything is going to change life drastically for them. They didn't sign up for this type of isolation, and the government still pretends to be democratic.

Also, I'm not sure how well they'd be able to sustain themselves when more and more are now refusing to buy oil from them. 

What imports does Russia rely on? If they can feed themselves, then it doesn't matter in the long run.

I don't know whether Putin cares about being influential on a global scale, seems he wants the old Russia back. But indeed, the people are still mostly free and capable of resistance. Hopefully the protests keep ongoing, applying pressure from all angles.

North/South Korea formed when Russia and the USA split up Korea at the end of WWII, liberating the peninsula from Japan. That led to the Korean war in 1950 which got us the lovely series M.A.S.H. The North dug in and became what it is today.

Anyway instead of sending more weapons, it would be better to put more focus on helping the refugees. It's getting kinda grim at the Polish border.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2022/03/02/mood-shifts-in-polish-border-town-as-alt-right-supporters-go-after-dark-skinned-refugees-from-ukraine.html