G7 leaders will discuss a new legal theory that would enable the seizure of $300 billion in frozen Russian assets when they meet in February, two sources familiar with the plans and a British official said on Thursday. U.S. and UK officials have worked in recent months to jumpstart efforts…
Real question: what happens when Putin starts using nukes. Because it seems like that’s the direction it’s headed.
Thats what he wants you to think the whole nuclear saber bit is simply to try get the west to drop support for ukraine so he actualy has a chance at winning.
It’s like driving on a bus with a terrorist who insists “you have to do what I want!! Or I’ll blow up the bus!”, but they’re on the bus with their whole family who might not want to do that. Putin himself might be wacked out enough that he decides to. However, it’s been obvious for decades that the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction is accurate, and most nuclear countries seek to maintain that as a deterrent. I don’t think the rest of the power structure in Russia would allow that to happen since it’s obvious suicide. Even if they weren’t instantly nuked by the US, France and UK, it would fuck up so many things in the world, including for Russia, that nobody would win that. I don’t think Putin wants to destroy all of civilization… he just wants Russia to regain power and be on par with the US, EU and China.
Guess if you got nukes you can do what you. Iran going to be pulling this move in the next 5-10 years.