I feel people bringing realpolitik into this fail to see the not-so-real politik of what happens when national sentiment is misaligned with their interest.
It's all a sham anyway, as if smaller countries are not worthy of self determination and are just at the whims of great powers. And a nauseous point of view.
And it's a moot point as well, considering that Russia is no longer a great power. Russia can barely keep itself together at the moment.
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I feel people bringing realpolitik into this fail to see the not-so-real politik of what happens when national sentiment is misaligned with their interest.
It's all a sham anyway, as if smaller countries are not worthy of self determination and are just at the whims of great powers. And a nauseous point of view.
And it's a moot point as well, considering that Russia is no longer a great power. Russia can barely keep itself together at the moment.