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To: Leep

“Did i miss the reason Putin is doing this?”

It does not seen that Lithuania poses a threat to Russia, so it cannot be seen as a defensive action by Putin.

However, being that Russia has a basket case economy with a plummeting GDP, Russia might have some expansionist desires.


18 posted on 01/04/2017 12:49:10 PM PST by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1

Putin has made no secret of his desire to reassemble a non-communist Greater Russia that looks geographically a lot like the old Soviet Union.


26 posted on 01/04/2017 1:06:43 PM PST by riverdawg
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