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albacore

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3. China would love to gobble up some of Russian territory and resources...

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 02:05 PM

Mar 2022

...pick up some of the pieces of Russia's eastern territory. China nearly went to war with Russia in 1969 over the border. Removing a nuclear threat from China's border might be a thing they'd want.

India imports a lot of weapons from Russia, but who knows where they will stand.
Let's pretend they stay friends with Russia. Are they alone enough to save Russia?

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A question about sanctions... [View all] albacore Mar 2022 OP

I sure as hell hope so! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #1

Will China and India be willing to sanction along? n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #2

China would love to gobble up some of Russian territory and resources... albacore Mar 2022 #3

Things have changed manicdem Mar 2022 #5

I disagree... albacore Mar 2022 #6

I was referring to military alliance manicdem Mar 2022 #7

Russia is a threat to China....long run. albacore Mar 2022 #8

the only (slight) chance to stop the war is to impose embargo on russia's energy sector AlexSFCA Mar 2022 #4