At a Soviet Communist Party meeting, Communist Putin would have been reprimanded for such a report. Because this report is as empty as the Wagnerian arsenal and as boring as a table of logarithms.
But such a speech, which does not frighten anyone, is a logical consequence of the logic of events. Because the Kremlin leader may be a maniacal man-hater, but he is predictable in his maniacal system of coordinates.
The function of the ruler of Russia at all times, which is the basis of the Kremlin throne, is as follows.
The first is to keep the population in submission. This is achieved by instilling in them delusions of a special mission, world grandeur and other nonsense, and the brutal suppression of all dissent. And since Russians don’t even think about freedom, and since it is more attractive for them to die in Ukraine than to live in Russia, this task is successfully carried out.
The second is to be a divider between the conflicting interests of various financial-industrial, ethnic, regional, and other groups in Russia, which will immediately start a quarrel for money without an authoritative kingpin. With the use of armored vehicles and aircraft. To be a divorcee, the leader needs unconditional obedience of security services. This can be achieved by appointing the greediest and dumbest people to their posts.
Thirdly, to protect the interests of all those same financial-industrial and other groups outside of Russia. That is, to protect someone from being investigated, someone to gain access to the lucrative market, and so on. Because the main export commodity of under-indebtedness is not oil, not gas, not metal and not fertilizers. But the Russian budget money, terminated into personal savings and exported to the West. For this function, the Kremlin Führer must look strong and slightly messed up in the world, so that civilized people don’t know what he will do.
The third task is the most important one, because why steal if you can’t use what you’ve stolen? And that is exactly the problem that Putin has after his switch to Medvedev. Because the civilized world does not respect people who resort to outright deception in order to stay in power. And influence is determined by real economic and military potential.
So in 2014, the Führer decided to annex Crimea to make it count in the world. By the way, it almost worked, but not quite. Then Putin raised the stakes and started a war against Ukraine, using “Ichthamnet” and “militia” as proxies. It got even worse – condemnation, sanctions, and more.
The stupid Akels, who miss but don’t stop, have one option – further escalation. That’s why a full-scale invasion of Ukraine followed – they say, either I’ll bleed half of Europe, or I’ll be returned to the narrow circle of the most influential people in the world. And we will start to divide the world according to the “interests of Russia” – read: the personal interests of Putin and his cannibalistic entourage.
And it would have worked, if the under-imperium had just gotten rid of Ukraine in the two weeks it has been announced. But it bombed on our steadfastness and military valor, as well as on the aforementioned stupidity of the Russian security services. That, in turn, gave rise to a powerful anti-Putin coalition in the world.
There is no further escalation – Putin wants to rule the world, not turn into rotten radioactive waste. And the world, seeing that the under-imperium is shamefully losing, has ceased to be afraid, despite the poisonous foam that comes out of the mouth of the rabid Kremlin propagandists.
Accordingly, the sub-imperialist’s last ghostly chance to play the game at all is to use China to secure the territories of Ukraine that are currently under its occupation. So he had to read out a very calm, almost peace-loving report – not to spook his last remaining opportunity to crawl out of his own biowaste suitcase.
As a speechwriter, I can see that initially Putin’s report was written in a harsher tone. But after the demonstrative appearance of the US president in Kiev, the report was urgently corrected. Instead of withdrawing from the strategic offensive arms treaty, there was a suspension. Instead of a nuclear test that would make the world shudder, a vague command to prepare, but to do nothing until the United States tests first.
And this approach makes no difference in the current situation. Especially since the United States knows that its warheads are operational without nuclear testing, because it constantly monitors them. As opposed to the under-imperium. As for a potential arms race, even the USSR couldn’t withstand it, and it was a hell of a lot stronger than the neo-imperium.
The Kremlin’s Furester is clearly deflated. But the war he started and the sacrifice and destruction it would cause would last at least into the summer.
That said, I couldn’t agree more with the hardened Russian imperialists who claim that Biden looked far more alert and concrete in belligerent Kiev than Putin did in peaceful Moscow. Still peaceful.
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