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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
As Russian population decreases along with them having a poor military it will be hard for them to hold onto all their territory. Can see pieces being picked up but probably not in our lifetime.
Wildcard of course is their nuclear weapons
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Reuters March 25
China’s state-run Sinopec Group has suspended talks for a major petrochemical investment and a gas marketing venture in Russia, sources told Reuters, heeding a government call for caution as sanctions mount over the invasion of Ukraine.
The move by Asia’s biggest oil refiner to hit the brakes on a potentially half-billion-dollar investment in a gas chemical plant and a venture to market Russian gas in China highlights the risks, even to Russia’s most important diplomatic partner, of unexpectedly heavy Western-led sanctions.