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At this point, what would Russia have to do to get back onside with the rest of the world? Obviously, ending the conflict with Ukraine is the first step, but what else would they need to do? How long would it take for them to get out of the doghouse, so to speak?

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They can follow the leads of Japan and Germany.

Unconditional surrender, with a complete cultural restructure and admitting to the atrocities, and prosecuting everyone responsible is a good start.

But of course, that won't happen anytime soon.

But that would imply Russia becoming a neo-colony of the US, like the two mentioned countries. Which I don't think would ever happen, I think Russia would chose MAD over that if forced to make that choice. Russia under Yeytsin was already drifting towards becoming something like that, and has been firmly going in the other direction ever since

Russia can't choose anything by itself. It's the people in Kremlin who will decide, like it was when Stalin died.

I'd dispute that Germany and Japan are neo-colonys of the US. Where are the colonial governors?

I think a major change in leadership would be the first step.

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