sure but one thing is calling out putin for his ultraconservative policies and possible ties to neonazi groups; other thing is to attack russian with what basically amounts to cold war anti-russia propaganda
Absolutely. Going further, Putin is undeniably better for the Russian people and for the world than e.g. Navalny would’ve been: a literal neo-Nazi who called immigrants “cockroaches who should be exterminated” in a televised interview, and who’s top aide met with MI6 offering to create a color revolution for 10-20 mln USD.
For as long as the West is attempting to install a Yeltsin 2.0 in Russia, Russian people will keep electing Putin or some “continuation Putin” if they know what’s good for them.
Having said that, I don’t consider modern Russia “anti-imperialist” as some other posters here, and I have no love for Putin. It’s a bit like Assad, the least bad option under the imperialist assault of the USA and it’s vassals.
I wouldn’t put China and Russia in the same basket though
sure but one thing is calling out putin for his ultraconservative policies and possible ties to neonazi groups; other thing is to attack russian with what basically amounts to cold war anti-russia propaganda
Absolutely. Going further, Putin is undeniably better for the Russian people and for the world than e.g. Navalny would’ve been: a literal neo-Nazi who called immigrants “cockroaches who should be exterminated” in a televised interview, and who’s top aide met with MI6 offering to create a color revolution for 10-20 mln USD.
For as long as the West is attempting to install a Yeltsin 2.0 in Russia, Russian people will keep electing Putin or some “continuation Putin” if they know what’s good for them.
Having said that, I don’t consider modern Russia “anti-imperialist” as some other posters here, and I have no love for Putin. It’s a bit like Assad, the least bad option under the imperialist assault of the USA and it’s vassals.
calling him “anti-imperialist” is a bit of a stretch, but he’s definitely acting as a force against western hegemony, if only for his own benefit