Fundamentals – War and Peace

UK attacks Russia. Again. No response so far.

The UK has attacked an old cargo debarkation ship in Crimea. They “advertised” their attack as something that the Ukraine (with the definite article) has pulled off, but that’s laughable. By now, they had all but admitted to having perpetrated this international crime. I first posted it in my different blog. Alexander Mercouris mentioned the… Continue reading UK attacks Russia. Again. No response so far.

Who is Putin. The Second Theory. Putin as the Guarantor. (3)

Continued from this part. Today’s Russian Federation is the privatized Soviet Union with reduced borders of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Socialist Federative Republic). Its nature is that of a privatized state, a system in which the state remains but its benefits and access to the national assets are given, often informally, to a select… Continue reading Who is Putin. The Second Theory. Putin as the Guarantor. (3)

Who is Putin. The Second Theory. Putin as the Guarantor. (2)

Continued from here. A longish introduction. Boris Eltsin (or Yeltsin in a variant pseudophonetic spelling), if you remembered the constantly tipsy fellow, was the first president of post-Soviet Russia, transferred his office to Putin in what amounted to a constitutional coup. This was done not because Eltsin, himself a puppet, wanted to get a strong… Continue reading Who is Putin. The Second Theory. Putin as the Guarantor. (2)

Who is Putin. The Second Theory. Putin as the Guarantor.

Continued from the Introduction: The question of why is Putin so indecisive and such a “vegetarian” contains a deliberate catch. There are a few theories why Putin is so indecisive and why his “strategy” makes so little sense either from the military or from a political standpoint. The first theory that I’ve brought up is… Continue reading Who is Putin. The Second Theory. Putin as the Guarantor.

Who is Putin?

Who is Vladimir Putin? A Russian nationalist? A bloodthirsty tyrant? A humble KGB operative who climbed into a place well above his rank? A deranged megalomaniac? A Stalin wannabe? The answer is none of the above. Most individuals outside Russia, especially those who live in the so-called West, the lands that I call the collective… Continue reading Who is Putin?