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[–] 21 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It happens slowly, then all at once

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Absolutely, Putin has used extreme measures of kicking the can down the road, so it has been happening more slowly than expected. But now Putin and Russia are out of tricks, and things seems to be accelerating a lot now.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Let’s hope it also stops the war, but I think it will just make things more awful for poor people in Siberia who are already living under shitty circumstances

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    Obviously this war is already making things more shitty for all Russians. 2 million people in Crimea in panic because it's hard to get out without fuel. No electricity, no fuel, no Internet, and food is rationed.
    The fuel shortage is now a problem for all regions of Russia, and fuel is rationed by federal decree.
    Siberia has the advantage that Ukraine has very few drones with long enough range to hit them. But yes most of the eastern Russian federation depend on the west economically and probably also for food. But many Russians in those eastern parts have already moved back west, resulting in for instance mining cities that are empty. Some are populated with Chinese and North Korean workers, to continue mining, because the Russians are moving away.

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