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  • Zagorath
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    6813 days ago

    except that it was resolution by the UN security council

    You mean the Security Council over which Russia has veto power? That UN Security Council?

    • @[email protected]
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      Russia’s decision to abstain in that vote happened under the notoriously “liberal” Medvedev and was a point of heated disagreement between him and Putin. It was arguably the breaking point for Putin deciding he needed to hold onto power indefinitely or else (in his view) a liberal president would let NATO do whatever they want, with Russia presumably being next on the chopping block