Invasion of Ukraine could cause societal collapse in Russia | Expert explains Putin’s miscalculation

Yuval Weber says Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is reminiscent of the disastrous Russo-Japanese war in 1904-1905.

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    1. @Yvonne M. Langlois The economy of russia is barely above that of spain. Is spain a superpower? Declining is putin it lightly.

    2. @Yvonne M. Langlois Russia is being smothered by NATO, their population is low, their most strategic defense against NATO is being encroached upon and Ukraine is costing them money. The great plains which leave their country defensless, the funnel is at risk. Plus, Ukraine has oil and gas which if capitalized upon will disrupt Russia’s trading with the west in oil and gas, their biggest respurce no longer needed by Germany, and surrounding countries. Russia a great superpower can be easily cut off from the rest of the world and dismantled by an advanced military and politically ferocious NATO. A group that has the world behind them, a group which has started wars and ended them. This is survival for Putin. There are certainly two sides.

    1. Many of the oligarchs are surprisingly pragmatic and are certainly not “yes men”. Are you familiar with any one of them?

    1. there are two dangerous things in a conflict… underestimating your enemy, but also overestimating your enemy.

    2. @Primmakin Sofis I guess we will see how true it is as this war continues.

      Safe to say Putin probably didn’t expect the Ukrainian president to be such a badass during this

  1. Unfortunately, it will take many tens of thousands of body bags going back to Russia to achieve that (and hundred of thousands of dead Ukrainian civilians) before there is societal collapse in Russia but it does seem inevitable … all of it.

    1. Russia already has 10,000 casualties (As of 3-7) although they have mobile crematoriums so their dead don’t go back in body bags. 10,000 Russian mothers are grieving. Hopefully Putin wakes up and recalls his army.

  2. Remember when “experts” said much the same in regards to COVID if harsh restrictions weren’t imposed?

  3. that is what you call an “EXPERT” oh boy I couldn’t expect anything more from so called Canadian EXPERTS lol.

  4. Putin doubled his personal security after learning yesterday about the US$1 Billion contract on his life.

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