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13. No wonder the Poles would like a US base there.

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Russia May Absorb Belarus: 'We're Ready to Unite,' President Says [View all] OnlinePoker Feb 2019 OP

From the linked article ... left-of-center2012 Feb 2019 #1

Putin wouldn't have to create a new nation to stay in power. He could just install another puppet politicaljunkie41910 Apr 2019 #42

Borders 2 Baltic states (Latvia, Lith.), long border with Ukraine, Poland, and USSR (err, Russia). progree Feb 2019 #2

not far from Warsaw either joe_stampingbull Feb 2019 #11

No wonder the Poles would like a US base there. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #13

Does Poland have a large population that identifies as Russian? Sapient Donkey Feb 2019 #22

No they don't. but Putin wants ALL the former East Bloc nations back under his wing. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #23

Thank you for posting the map. YOHABLO Apr 2019 #32

Hardly surprising Putin is trying to reassemble the old USSR but he is picking which of cstanleytech Feb 2019 #3

Latvia and Lithuania are EU and NATO members. mwooldri Feb 2019 #7

Unless Jacklick ruins NATO oldsoftie Feb 2019 #14

Putin ordered Trump to destroy NATO JI7 Feb 2019 #25

That was also the endgame of his meddling in UK Brexit and elections elsewhere in Europe. onetexan Apr 2019 #29

He would probably work around that be having supposed rebels that want to join Russia overthrow cstanleytech Apr 2019 #30

The German word for this is "anschluss" DBoon Feb 2019 #4

My mind went there too... nt raccoon Feb 2019 #16

This, if it happens blue-wave Feb 2019 #5

Unless someone removes Vlad......permanently. cstanleytech Apr 2019 #31

Wow. This is going to put a lot more pressure on Ukraine. SunSeeker Feb 2019 #6

Is Putin trying to get the band back together? tclambert Feb 2019 #8

Endgame: warm water ports, access to oceanic oil shipping, pipeline land routes to ports, wealth ancianita Apr 2019 #38

The people of Georgia will not stand for this Rhiannon12866 Feb 2019 #9

Would you ever think that Americans would stand for what tRump has been doing? JudyM Feb 2019 #18

It boggles the mind every single day that this is still going on! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2019 #27

It'll be no different than Chechnya if this happens, a de-facto autonomous state ansible Feb 2019 #10

Putin wants the old Russian Empire back together. DFW Feb 2019 #12

The old Russian Empire included Poland and the Baltics DBoon Feb 2019 #19

Go back a ways and those areas belonged to Sweden. n/t DFW Feb 2019 #20

It does. tavernier Apr 2019 #41

Which could then bring up the question of the Russian Kaliningrad exclave muriel_volestrangler Feb 2019 #15

A beast arose from the sea.. Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #17

I worked with a guy from Belarus back in like 2012. Sapient Donkey Feb 2019 #21

And so it continues... nt allgood33 Feb 2019 #24

The Putin Agenda: reconstitute the USSR. Nitram Feb 2019 #26

Kick ck4829 Apr 2019 #28

Did something happen for the kick? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #35

If the people of Belarus want this annexation then there's not a lot we can do about it. YOHABLO Apr 2019 #33

I'm sure we'll see another 95.5% referendum for annexation. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2019 #36

They'll want what they're told to want. ancianita Apr 2019 #39

More bullshit..... Xolodno Apr 2019 #34

He wouldn't do this if Joe Biden was president Exotiki Apr 2019 #37

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