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Opinion: Russia's alliance of convenience with China is a ticking time bomb
(kyivindependent.com)
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Do they formally need the territory? If they form a strong enough dependency, you've got the stability and sweetheart trade deals without the cost of actually governing it.
The US could probably ask for Wales or a French department or two in exchange for what they sunk into NATO, but they hardly need to raise the flag to symbolize the vassal relationship.