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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Russia was threatening their neighbors before NATO even existed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

NATO existed before Russia, genius. It’s an anti-Soviet org.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Soviet Union was still Russia. They've not changed their attitude since then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Then explain this different government, economy, and borders.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your immense historical knowledge seems to have missed the fact that Russia existed long before the Soviet Union, Einstein.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

You’re proposing that this Russia is the same one? When did they re-establish the czar?