| | ::::Certainly not the entire thing. The most it will directly occupy will be Finland, Belarus, eastern Ukraine, Moldova, the Orthodox Balkans, and ''maybe'' Poland and the Baltics. The rest of Europe it will leave alone, using soft power to rebuild Germany, which will (if it plays its cards correctly) become the hegemon of that region.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 15:58, January 10, 2026 (EST) | | ::::Certainly not the entire thing. The most it will directly occupy will be Finland, Belarus, eastern Ukraine, Moldova, the Orthodox Balkans, and ''maybe'' Poland and the Baltics. The rest of Europe it will leave alone, using soft power to rebuild Germany, which will (if it plays its cards correctly) become the hegemon of that region.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 15:58, January 10, 2026 (EST) |
| | + | :::::There is discussion in the Duma of revoking the agreement granting [[sovereignty to the Baltics. But given statements by Putin & others, they don't really want to occupy [[Lviv]] (in fact, they may even welcome [[Poland]] annexing it). They're more interested in the former Soviet space than former [[Warsaw Pact]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 16:27, January 10, 2026 (EST) |
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