Putin state propaganda and the Russian home front situation
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In Solovyov's defence - and god knows why I am doing this! - in 2008, Ukraine was run by a crony puppet of The Poo's and was considered a decent, submissive, properly respectful vassal country by the Russian authorities. Thus they were assured that they would not be killed. Everything changed in 2014, of course.
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The dense wall of hate among Russians is the weirdest and most intriguing aspect of all this. They clearly feel entitled to rule Ukraine despite the wishes of the inhabitants. There must a heavy culture re Russia's "destiny" to rule the Slavic world to produce such a bizarre attitude.
The American parallel is the assumption that the rest of the world wants to be a liberal democracy, despite ample proof that Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wanted to be something quite different. It's a matter of what you are brought up to consider normative, I guess.
Ukraine: Putin says Germany made 'mistake' to side with NATO – DW – 10/14/2022
The Russian leader also chided Germany for canceling the Nord Stream 2 gas project following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, about which he said he had "no" regrets.
www.dw.com
But they gave those up in a deal with Putin so he wouldn't attack.
If they got them back, then he'd really have to start fighting.
Russian railway is on the verge of collapse
The threat of a collapse in freight traffic is growing at Russian Railways due to a shortage of bearings for heavy-duty wagons, reports Railway Supply citing sp
www.railway.supply
Putin now targeting energy sources in Ukraine, has knocked out 30% in the last week.
Mostly with those Iranian drones, it appears.
Mostly with those Iranian drones, it appears.
It is his Hail Mary pass and he's going to try to freeze Ukraine and its European supporters into submission over the winter if he can hang on.
