• assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Putin has effectively destroyed Russia’s position on the world stage, calling it a loss is really understating things. When we saw their military was a joke, they lost significant credibility. They’re nowhere near superpower status, and their global influence has happened in spite of their military – and is endangered now that it’s truly seen.

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      11 months ago

      Arms exports were a major component of their GDP and nobody is willfully buying their arms anymore.