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Originally Posted by cordoba
The USA and NATO had a lot to do with that. Putin is on record as actually wanting to join NATO and perhaps the EU back then, but instead of carefully courting him and finally achieving the dream of integrating Russia into the West - with all the consequences for long term global peace and stability that would entail - the US not only fast-tracked the Eastern European countries into NATO, including the Baltic states that had been part of the Soviet Union just a few years before, but parked their military and even nukes there.
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Indeed, I rememberthe time when Putin asked Bush Jr. to joint Russia into NATO. Bush said something like: you are a good guy, but the USA is not ready to manage Russia as a part of a NATO block maybe sometime in future...
After that Putin thought ok... I live in a World's largest and rich country, why can I just tell them fuck off and take all the money to myself? Fuck everyone. Me and Kabaeva must rule the world.
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Originally Posted by cordoba
On the subject of TATU, they were more than a one hit wonder. They made a number of catchy tunes.
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When I heard their blockbuster song on Russian TV, I thought WTF is going on? The music is a super duper World class level, but they sing in... Russian? Wake up man, wake up, this sound can't be for real.