Home stretch, though.

Have you seen Putin’s own speeches about how he’s Peter the Great?I Shrugged wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:43 pm…
It's pretty obvious Putin thought Ukraine would be easy. I think that was the overriding factor, but the NATO/EU expansion factor surely weighed heavily in the decision to invade.
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More than 3 tons of gold was shipped to refining hub in May