cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4354593
If Ukraine loses war, it will be ‘end of Western hegemony’, warns UK’s Boris Johnson
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4354593
If Ukraine loses war, it will be ‘end of Western hegemony’, warns UK’s Boris Johnson
Soviet industrial capacity carrying a clown country 30 years later
No a lot of this increased capacity is due to new production lines. Soviet industry I’m sure is still being used, but Putin has put a heavy emphasis on domestic capacity and an understanding that self sufficiency is the key to the multipolar world. That being said the only reason he does that is because of his Soviet upbringing, not that he’s a communist or anything, he’s just not a dumbass.
Yeah, I recall reading articles alluding to this shortly after the Georgian debacle; the framing of it was generally that of making Russia more insular and capable of weathering sanctions, especially in the aftermath of that conflict