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by gaiagraphia
11 days ago
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After reading a little more, I've just seen another angle. Russia's going to have a million veterans roaming around, with lots of untreated PTSD. A struggling economy could create the perfect storm for revolution. Sending people eastwards for big projects famously isn't alien to Russia. Apparently it's alreayd being spoken aobut: >Shoigu Calls for ‘New Industrialization’ in Siberia to Revive Russia’s East >He proposed tax breaks and administrative incentives for businesses and social support for workers, including housing and car loans that would be written off after 10 years of service in the region. >He proposed sending veterans of the war in Ukraine to build a “new Siberian Russia,” comparing it to labor efforts that built the Trans-Siberian Railway and Baikal-Amur Mainline. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/06/shoigu-calls-for-n... |
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There are plenty of make-work projects Moscow can waste its men on without requiring American co-operation.
> proposed sending veterans of the war in Ukraine to build a “new Siberian Russia,”
This actually makes sense. Between its military being revealed as a paper tiger and the oncoming demographic collapse, Moscow will need to work to keep Siberia from being encouraged–by America and possibly even China–to assert sovereignty over its mineral wealth. (It's not a new concept [1].) None of this requires a boondoggle tunnel to Alaska. And in the end, burning resources to keep men busy just delays the reckoning.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Republic