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The head of the CIA, William Burns, said about the "audacious" attitude on the part of the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, during their meeting in November 2022 in Ankara. Burns described the meeting as "pretty dispiriting."

"There was a very defiant attitude on the part of Mr. Naryshkin as well. A sense of cockiness and hubris," Burns said. "A sense, I think, reflecting Putin's own view, his own belief today, that he can make time work for him, that he believes he can grind down the Ukrainians, that he can wear down our European allies, that political fatigue will eventually set in."

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zhangjim said:

Many times, some people are not as rational and intelligent as you think.
These Mongols have no way to deal with China except to beat the Chinese in the streets of Ulan Bator.
"Third Neighbor Policy" is the most unrealistic plan I have ever heard.
In my memory, I read an article written by a Mongolian in China, expressing his disappointment with Mongolia. It is a country that cannot extricate itself from the past glory of Genghis Khan. Wrestlers are more respected than intellectuals, greed and alcoholism are the norm.

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——This is the information provided by another person living in Mongolia.
This sentence is very interesting:

According to him, there is huge corruption in border trade. Although it is bad for Mongolia, it does not prevent politicians from making money for themselves.

So I think the reason for those unpleasant things is simple - Mongolian politicians want more money.

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Sinnavuuty said:

As someone already said here on this same forum - although I forgot which member said it - Putin is sacrificing his army, but I think the member said for strategic purpose purposes, which would be the territorial conquest of Ukraine, but that's far from being the real motivation, Putin is sacrificing his army and possibly the economy to challenge the US-led world order, this is a political factor above the operational-tactical and strategic issues of the invasion.

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“[Russian president Vladimir] Putin’s decisiveness is evident, in terms of both freedom of action at the political and military level, and his ability to create relationships … with countries in the area,” Binelli Mantelli, who was speaking in a purely personal capacity, said.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:

No wonder the US loves Mongolia.

An easily corruptible and easily-influenced Mongolia is a good Mongolia. The statement by the former Mongolian president Khaltmaagiin Battulgao, i.e. calling Mongolia as an "oasis of democracy surrounded by two authoritarian superpowers" is just nothing but a farce when your own citizens couldn't even afford comparable standards of living as their distant relatives across the southern border.

It is a real shame that the ROC did not manage to regain control over Mongolia after the Qing fell, and allowed it to be taken away to be played by the USSR against China. Because of that, 111 years (and counting) of seperation has done its damage. While the Mongols in China still learn and use traditional Mongolian script, Mongols in Mongolia has ractically given up on their original roots and traditions, and instead using the Cyrillic script (which is essentially a Russian/Slavic writing).

So much for the "PRC is not real China, ROC/Taiwan is the real China" BS propagated by basement-slouching Redditors and that certain "cHiNeSe hIsToRy eXpErT" guy on Twitter.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:

No wonder the US loves Mongolia.

An easily corruptible and easily-influenced Mongolia is a good Mongolia. The statement by the former Mongolian president Khaltmaagiin Battulgao, i.e. calling Mongolia as an "oasis of democracy surrounded by two authoritarian superpowers" is just nothing but a farce when your own citizens couldn't even afford comparable standards of living as their distant relatives across the southern border.

It is a real shame that the ROC did not manage to regain control over Mongolia after the Qing fell, and allowed it to be taken away to be played by the USSR against China. Because of that, 111 years (and counting) of seperation has done its damage. While the Mongols in China still learn and use traditional Mongolian script, Mongols in Mongolia has ractically given up on their original roots and traditions, and instead using the Cyrillic script (which is essentially a Slavic writing).

So much for the "PRC is not real China, ROC/Taiwan is the real China" BS propagated by basement-slouching Redditors and that certain "cHiNeSe hIsToRy eXpErT" guy on Twitter.

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Breadbox said:

Hopefully never, an independent Mongolia is a necessary reality check for ethnic separatists who believe they can make it out-there on their own. It's also helpful reminder to those who unironically believe chanting Western buzzwords will magically solve all their problems, and somehow westerners will make it rain if they chant them loud enough.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:

No wonder the US loves Mongolia.

An easily corruptible and easily-influenced Mongolia is a good Mongolia. The statement by the former Mongolian president Khaltmaagiin Battulgao, i.e. calling Mongolia an "oasis of democracy surrounded by two authoritarian superpowers" is nothing but a farce when your own citizens couldn't even afford comparable standards of living as their distant relatives across the southern border.

It is a real shame that the ROC didn't manage to regain control over Mongolia after the Qing fell, allowing it to be taken away and played by the USSR against China. Because of that, 111 years (and counting) of seperation has done its damage. While the Mongols in China still learn and use the traditional Mongolian script, Mongols in Mongolia has ractically given up on their original roots and traditions, and instead using the Cyrillic script (which is essentially a Russian/Slavic writing).

So much for the "PRC is not real China, ROC/Taiwan is the real China" BS propagated by basement-slouching Redditors and that certain "cHiNeSe hIsToRy eXpErT" guy on Twitter.

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