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Originally Posted by ssorov
Belive me, country lost over 35 000 000 people in WWII knows a cost of war. Those of Russian who forgot it remembered it in 1980's (USSR's invasion to Afganistan). We are tired of wars and won't start another one (excepted cases of threats to our safety)
We are, probably, not a well-democracy country but we try to integrate The West (we haven't any problems with our eastern partners). Don't threaten and drive us out and you'll see we become a good democracy in next 20-30 years
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That's an intelligent comment, ssorov, thank you. We all know the cost of war here and I don't think any European country, including Russia, is willing to pay such high price anymore. Definitely I think Russia is on its way to integrating the West and this is good news. Ambermosquito has raised a few good points however showing that Russia's good intentions don't necessarily match what it does. For example I agree with Jaro when he says there was no need to shoot down the Georgian UAV, it wasn't doing any harm. I don't know what it did there but it is still Georgian territory as far as I know. What's wrong with taking pictures?