Belarus was rewarded for loyalty. Ukraine was unstable, oligarchic, and increasingly punished for partial exit.
Belarus in 2004-2014 is a subsidised client. Ukraine after 2004 Orange Revolution is a contested borderland. They are different mechanisms inside the same imperial political system.
Russian dominance can produce short term client-state rents (Russia sells very cheap crude to Belarus, Belarus sells world price refined products to world market), but it tends to trap countries in dependency, weak modernization, and political subordination. When a country tries to leave the orbit, the coercive part of the system appears. Ukraine had it's gas price dramatically increased, then supply interrupted, among other pressure.
So when Russia sells oil for low price - it's rewarding for loyalty, when Russian sells gas for normal price - it's punishment.
What the price of hydrocarbons should be to make you happy?
>then supply interrupted
You might have consumed too much of Western and Ukrainian propaganda, if you re-translate it in 2026, long after Ukrainian lies have been exposed.
"The conflict began when Russia claimed that Ukraine was not paying for gas and was diverting gas bound from Russia to the European Union from pipelines that crossed the country. Ukrainian officials at first denied the last accusation, but later Naftogaz admitted it used some gas intended for other European countries for domestic needs. The dispute peaked on January 1, 2006 when Russia cut off supply.[" [0]
When someone is known for spouting rubbish and constantly lying, then it doesn't make sense to be surprised when they don't adhere to their "promises".
Were you were taking about the risk but forgot to mention how the risk is far lower than the myocarditis you get from unvaccinated COVID itself? And that's before you get to harm from vaccine side effects vs harm from unvaccinated general COVID side effects.
How could anyone possibly know the rate of incidence at that time when the official stance, that would get you banned for questioning, was that the rate was zero?
He's right. The settler issue is a thorn in the side of peace. If Israeli society can't get a handle on its extremist provocateur elements then they doom themselves (and the Palestinians) to a violent and uncertain future.
Belarus in 2004-2014 is a subsidised client. Ukraine after 2004 Orange Revolution is a contested borderland. They are different mechanisms inside the same imperial political system.
Russian dominance can produce short term client-state rents (Russia sells very cheap crude to Belarus, Belarus sells world price refined products to world market), but it tends to trap countries in dependency, weak modernization, and political subordination. When a country tries to leave the orbit, the coercive part of the system appears. Ukraine had it's gas price dramatically increased, then supply interrupted, among other pressure.
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