Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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crissindahouse said:

Don't get me wrong, I also think Crimea is lost for Ukraine but that doesn't mean you have to just tell Russia it's theirs. You can still say that you will never recognize it as Russia even without trying to get it back which seems impossible as long as Ukraine would have to take it back alone.

That Trump says that he is the reason Ukrainian soldiers "would be gone already" without him even though they fought for years without him as President and considering that Russia is weakened so much by now is really a joke.

I don't think Russia is quite stable. It's not keeping up with the times, and especially a change in leadership could result in serious instability. The most likely scenario is that Russia as a single country will continue to exist for at least the next 100 years, but I don't think we can discount the possibility of it encountering a really unstable period which could also result in the breakup of Russia. That, of course, could allow the return of Crimea to Ukraine. I don't think it's particularly likely, but I don't think it's too unlikely to consider either. One particular scenario that would increase the chance of instability would be a major loss in Ukraine (and just to be clear, I don't think significant instability would be the most likely scenario even then).