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MANDATORY_DEPRESSION t1_ja8qihl wrote

Reply to comment by Senator_45 in Macron flies to Africa to counter waning French influence by HRJafael

>Many scholars contend that Russia cannot be classified as a colonial empire because it expanded only within its own continent.
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>https://www.international.ucla.edu/euro/article/139315

The clarification is necessary.

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danielcanadia t1_ja9oc7g wrote

This a bizarre definition. You don't need to cross ocean to make a colony. Establishing a settlement in large numbers the only requirement for colonial empire imo.

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Senator_45 t1_ja8qsat wrote

I see them as colonialists, as they have political influence over many central Asian countries.

Now they are in Ukraine

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MANDATORY_DEPRESSION t1_ja8r4fm wrote

How is that not covered by the quote?

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Senator_45 t1_ja8rk7t wrote

I don't know what you mean, regardless even Russia should keep out of Africa.

As any other major powers that has supported dictators, coups, harsh economic sanctions etc.

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MANDATORY_DEPRESSION t1_ja8s9ki wrote

Totally agree.

Criticism is good, unless it's being applied unevenly. Keep an eye out for how often posts and comments exclusively call out the First World, while staying mum about the Second. Reddit is rife with this contrarian mentality.

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Boat_Worker t1_jabdlbi wrote

It’s a semantic distinction, for all intents and purposes Siberia was like the American frontier.

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