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TexasTowelie

(118,517 posts) Tue Jul 16, 2024, 01:47 PM Jul 2024

Why is the Russian Military "Abandoning" Kaliningrad? - Paul Warburg [View all]

Russia has made some very interesting moves around Kaliningrad lately, all of which reveal that the beliefs of Vladimir Putin and Kremlin leadership about the current state of the world don't quite match up to what they say in public.

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Why is the Russian Military "Abandoning" Kaliningrad? - Paul Warburg [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2024 OP

I had never heard of Kaliningrad. Interesting history. Captured by Russia at the end of WWII, Germans expelled, Martin68 Jul 2024 #1

"Soviet citizens moved in to populate it" This is a ruzzian technique that has been used for a hundred years. mitch96 Jul 2024 #3

Yes. We've seen this more recently in Georgia and Crimea. The Nazis did the same. Martin68 Jul 2024 #4

"The Nazis did the same." Ahh yes, the infamous Lebensraum or living space.. We need your land Poland/Czechia mitch96 Jul 2024 #5

Also known as Koenigsberg Metaphorical Jul 2024 #2