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carpetbagger

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4. Won't happen in the current environment.

Reply to EndlessWire (Original post)

Tue Oct 10, 2023, 03:03 AM

Oct 2023

The West would be limited in what they could do to support a secession within Russian territory, and the Russian military would be very, very quick to send forces. And it wouldn't take much, since the exclave is primarily a military base already.

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Kaliningrad wants to be called Konigsberg. [View all] EndlessWire Oct 2023 OP

Konigsberg is Woody Allen's real surname. Frasier Balzov Oct 2023 #1

LOL! n/t EndlessWire Oct 2023 #2

A map indicating why Kaliningrad might not consider itself part of Russia. Jim__ Oct 2023 #3

Won't happen in the current environment. carpetbagger Oct 2023 #4

The Suwałki Gap may well play a massive roll if Russian makes a play for the Baltics Celerity Oct 2023 #5

When you say this, what's the basis? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2023 #6

Sorry for the tardy response. EndlessWire Oct 2023 #8

Good, the Soviet erasure of Konigsberg was a tragedy Amishman Oct 2023 #7