[Lurker]

Given Russian birth rates China will walk into Moscow unopposed in about
40 years.

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[Sertorius]

China probably expected Russia to win quickly so it could take taiwan with Russia’s support.

[Phoenix8]

Which actually could have been part of Biden’s way of paying the Chinese back for business deals.

Weakening Russia so China and Ukraine could grow. Is it just coincidence the 2 countries who could benefit the most were the ones he was involved with for profit?

Example:

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-biden-family-members-receiving-payments-from-chinese-energy-company%EF%BF%BC/

[Husker24]

Maybe Putin traded it for military equipment.

[Luke21]

I always believe Newsweak. An outstanding propaganda publication. I remember when they hated Reagan.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

More caca from Newsweak.

[rottndog]

Lots of ethnic Chinese in Eastern Russia...using Putin’s own logic, China can just walk in and take much of it.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sunsong = Red Chinese propagandist troll

[lightman]

[x]

This is about one half of an island in the Amur River. The whole other bank of the River and a chunk of Russia's Far East used to belong to China.

[texas booster]

History of Vladivostok:

Nikolay Nikolayevich Amursky, Graf Muravyov, Muravyov also spelled Muraviev, (born Aug. 11 [Aug. 23, New Style], 1809, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Nov. 18 [Nov. 30], 1881, Paris, France), Russian statesman and explorer whose efforts led to the expansion of the Russian Empire to the Pacific. In 1860 he planted the Russian flag at what was to become the port of Vladivostok.

A lieutenant general in the Russian army, Muravyov was appointed governor-general of eastern Siberia in 1847. Despite the opposition of many in the tsarist government who feared the reaction of the Chinese, he vigorously pursued the exploration and settlement of Siberia north of the Amur River. In the period 1854–58 he led a number of expeditions down the Amur, during the last of which, having obtained plenipotentiary powers from the tsar, he concluded the Treaty of Aigun with China (1858). This pact recognized the Amur as the boundary between Russia and China and greatly expanded Russian territory in Siberia. For his role Muravyov was granted the title of Count Amursky. The peninsula on which Vladivostok lies still bears his name.

Keep in mind that this treaty was granted without military action on the part of the Russians. Vladivostok did not exist until after the treaty ... so how will China compensate Russia for gaining a fully developed city ~160 years after giving up the territory?

Of course, these are the same people that think the US should just give Alaska back to Russia, since tsarist Russia is the equivalent to Putin's Russia.

[ifinnegan]

Chicoms gave a bunch of territory to Russia about 30 years ago.

Russia was arming Chicoms, selling them military tech etc…