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What is his end state

Annex Ukraine As a whole 337 40.60%
 
Annex Crimea 286 34.46%
 
Defend Russian People Fro... 184 22.17%
 
Total:807

I think he was to at least annex Crimea which honestly was a Russian Possession for a long time.



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nice "gaming discussion"



He wants the krim because of the strategic position in the black sea.
And probably piss off the west.

I can see him also going for east ukrain. Ukrain is very strategic for Russia, they actually need them.



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AwakeandAlive said:
nice "gaming discussion"


What? We are war-gaming the situation in Ukraine



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He probably wants to scare the western world for the unglamourizing coverage of the Sochi Olympics by the american media.



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Why is this is Gaming Discussion?

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kowenicki said:

Doesn't matter what it was, it matters what it is.

Putin is and always will be an unsophisticated thug.

I answered B


Then what does that make Obama.... If Putin is "un-sophisticated" and is playing Obama fool a time and time again what does that say about Obama. Naive is the kinda word I can think off.



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He wants political influence in that region. Even after the Cold War ended, it was clear that Russia and the West still didn't see eye to eye politically. Ukraine's new government is a pro-Western government and the last thing Putin wants is a pro-Western government on Russia's border. It's the same reason why China still supports North Korea's existence. They do not want a pro-American Korean government to border China. Also, with both China and Russia, less political influence over their neighbors means having less of an upper hand in economic affairs as well as political influence.



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