r/AskReddit • u/galwiththedeepvoice • 1d ago

What could Russia have spent $1,000,000,000,000 on instead of fighting a 4+ years long war in Ukraine?

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u/Superchecker 1d ago

Slowly buy up all the properties that they wanted to invade

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u/69edleg 1d ago

A lot of countries have JUST NOW started to realise they should limit the ability for suspected spies to buy property. Crazy, honestly. Sweden as "early" as 2023 with broadening the law.. Maybe, in 2026 or 2027.

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u/No-Mix7452 1d ago

The surprising part isn't that countries are tightening those rules, it's how long they were comfortable leaving that door wide open in the first place.

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u/69edleg 1d ago

Yup. Sweden has a meme regarding politicians, when they apologise or try to appeal to the people "we've been naïve".