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> Ukraine liberalized its economy and it pretty much destroyed the place. The Russian invasion destroyed the place.

• NaggingGranpa 7y ago
  Don't be thick. A handful of oligarchs seizing all the wealth created by Soviet "slave" labor and sharing very little did destroy Ukraine long before the loonies in Lviv decided to overthrow the shameless crook from the Donbas.
  • sodosopa 7y ago
    > Overthrow Oh you mean the invading Russian forces. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/02/russian-disinformation-distorted-reality-in-ukraine-americans-should-take-note-putin-mueller-elections-antisemitism/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/02/russian-disinformation-... > By the next morning, soldiers in unmarked uniforms had taken the Crimean parliament and raised the Russian flag. Throughout the day, the little green men—as the irregular Russian soldiers came to be known—fanned out across the city, capturing government buildings. Soon, behind closed doors and under Russian guns, the autonomous region’s parliament voted to request Russian security assistance.
    • NaggingGranpa 7y ago
      Utterly irrelevant. Your point was that Ukraine's economic problems are due to the Russian invasion, which is false. Losing the Donbas may have made things a bit worse, but Ukraine was an economic basketcase since the collapse of the USSR and it remains one.
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