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[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The West has basically removed itself as a competitor to Russia ergo subsidizing the cost of building industry by simply leaving a void. It was so obvious that the sanctions were going to blow up in our face.