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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Dang. I didn't have Russia nukes China on my 2025 disasters bingo card.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What I'd love to see is all the nations who've had territory seized by Russia over the last century or so take it back, all at once.

Japan, Finland, Georgia and whoever I've missed all say "OK, Now!", and China gets in on the action just for fun.

Russia would be so incredibly pissed off.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, this would be the ideal - then Poland and Lithuania can share Kaliningrad.

A free Crimea... Transnistria free of putin's bullshit...

Vladivostok returned to Yongmingcheng ...

[–] Geobloke@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Kaliningrad belongs to the Germans...

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

At the moment it belongs to the russians but if Germany can make a good argument and pay off the neighbors, sure why not

[–] spechter@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The russians wiped it clean after the second world war, so there's not really anything left Form the times as Königsberg.

Seeing how much struggle it was to reintegrate the former GDR, I say 'No, thank you'

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

so leave it to the russians? or make it an independent state?

[–] spechter@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How about some kind of extrajudicial disneyland?

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Like a special assassins' hotel. Just have a good time and chill out there. No "work" allowed.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If they wait 50 years they can annex it through a personal union, though it will lead to a temporary happiness drop with their other vassals

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Putin and Xi will have to have a cute little wedding first 🥰

If Xi gets his diplo rep nice and high it might be quicker to just inherit Russia on his death though

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

That would be funny especially since Putin looks like Piglet

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I would just laugh.

Sure, it would be criminal and shit, but when has russia last cared about any of that UN funnyspeak?

Bon apetit, China.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I do feel for the Mongolians, though. They might be a casualty as the border expansion progresses.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think that it is unlikely that China will do this.

I think that it is more-likely that Beijing will seek to dominate Russia, not to conquer it. China has a 2023 GDP of $17 trillion, Russia of $2 trillion. Russia has ensured that it has to rely on China for various things for at least some time. China doesn't need to invade to see increasing influence in Russia moving forward.

https://jamestown.org/program/russias-fiscal-dependence-on-china-grows/

  • As Western sanctions increasingly isolate Russia, it has become highly dependent on China for trade and economic support, particularly in energy exports sold at discounted prices.
  • China has capitalized on Russia’s isolation by expanding its investments and economic influence within Russia, with Chinese companies increasing their share of Russian market participation. This economic relationship shows an imbalance, with China benefiting from favorable trade terms.
  • Western sanctions and the war in Ukraine have deeply impacted Russia’s economy, as seen in the weakening ruble, increasing reliance on China, and signs of Russia potentially becoming a subordinate economic partner to China rather than an equal.

That's maybe not as evocative as the image of Chinese tanks rumbling into Russia, but I think that it's probably a much more realistic geopolitical issue for Russia.

[–] apodoapodo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

A century or so of humiliation, you might say