Quote (Hamsterbaby @ May 28 2023 04:43pm)
I am pretty sure by now looking at the comments and post so far, you will have an idea who are the ones who are consistently " shit posting " by now. Whether the civil liberty is continuously squeezed as you mention is an internal problem that needs to be solved by the Russians themselves.
A Russian problem can only be solved by Russians. A Muslim problem can only be solved by Muslim. External influence to create division will only end up with more unrest , colour revolutions and unstable politics that more often than not give rise to nationalism , terrorism, anarchy, population displacement etc etc which will have a detrimental outward effect to their surrounding neighbors and last but not least the EU West ( since they are most likely to to give refuge to those fleeing a devastated nation ).
Russian internal problems cannot be separated from geopolitics. They are an integral part of the considerations the West needs to go through before making its next move. Nobody was calling for a direct response here. Practicising apologism for Russia while denying the relevance of Russia's internal motions is biased or outright dishonest and doesnt deserve to be treated as a valid contribution to a Realpolitik analysis on European and/or superpower geopolitics. Dont you know that?
Quote (zorzin @ May 28 2023 04:46pm)
While I would agree with this statement usually, under wartime conditions all parties involved tend to act in their own self interest (Russia winning) so its easier to make broad assumptions about Russian geo politics (and nato) when at war because their intentions are more easily defined.(imo)
But who or what is Russia? Kremlin? Oligarchs? The people, democractically represented? Totalitarianistically represented? Or its the opposition?
This post was edited by Neptunus on May 28 2023 07:18pm