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+====Russia economy is on the verge of all out collapse but their shift away from oil to nuclear power has stopped the bleeding. Another economic crisis would cause the destruction of Putin's regime. ==== |
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+**Lloyd 16** (Lloyd, John. "When Will Russia Break?" The Great Debate RSS. RSS, 14 Apr. 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2016.) |
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+When will Russia break? A rock bottom oil price, Western sanctions, inflation |
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+to fail, we'd be deeper in perilous territory than we are now. |
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+====Nuclear power has become Putin's solution to the oil crisis and thus the adhesive keeping their economy afloat==== |
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+**Armstrong 15** (Armstrong, Ian. "Russia Is Creating a Global Nuclear Power Empire." Global Risk Insights. Global Risk Insights, 29 Oct. 2015. Web. 17 Aug. 2016.) |
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+Russia is moving to create a global nuclear power empire — a bold power play |
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+for nuclear plant maintenance, but also the prestige that an NPP entails. |
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+====A Russian economic collapse causes a revolution which put nuclear weapons in play and cause mass violence. ==== |
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+**Motyl 16** (Motyl, Alexander, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers . "Lights Out for the Putin Regime." Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2016. Web. 17 Aug. 2016.) |
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+First, the Russian economy is in free fall. That oil and gas prices |
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+may finally abandon the imperial aspirations that enabled Putin to come to power. |