Quote Originally Posted by Vuk View Post
And if they roll over a few smaller countries, the plunder and labour may just give them what they need to be a serious threat. War makes authoritarian countries rich and powerful (think: Ottoman Empire). All they need to do is use their nukes as a threat to small neighboring countries and they could get momentum to start rolling through other countries.
This would merely strengthen Nato and European resolve to face them down, the whole thing would end with russia losing even more influence in the long run.

Russia's main and basically only aim is high gas and oil prices