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But who is to do this?

The US is not going to stump another Marshall Plan.

The time to do that was the early 1990s when saving the post-Soviet economy from collapse would have reduced the space for a fascist like Putin to arise.

The most likely outcome: A highly diminished Russia becomes a vassal state of China.

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Philip Machanick

I am a computer science associate professor and work in bioinformatics. I promote sustainability, do science communication and campaign for human rights.