Not everything has to make economic sense, it can make military or strategic sense. Do you think that want Nato offensive weapons right next door, blocking access to a warm water port?
they already are surrounded by nato weapons, and crimea would have been forgotten it changed hands if they kept up business as usual like the past 8 years.
Pretty certain they would have gotten away with the donbas annexation
America reacted the same way when Cuba was stocked with nukes, almost starting WWIII, which Russia only put there because we put nukes in Turkey. It's all a silly game.
No, that's the point I can not think of any reason invading Ukraine would have made any economic sense for Russia.
The US defending the petrodollar makes great economic sense.
Not everything has to make economic sense, it can make military or strategic sense. Do you think that want Nato offensive weapons right next door, blocking access to a warm water port?
they already are surrounded by nato weapons, and crimea would have been forgotten it changed hands if they kept up business as usual like the past 8 years. Pretty certain they would have gotten away with the donbas annexation
America reacted the same way when Cuba was stocked with nukes, almost starting WWIII, which Russia only put there because we put nukes in Turkey. It's all a silly game.