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2022-12-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The West does not love Russia and is not going to love it, but Russia does not need this

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Posted by badanov 2022-12-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top

#1 The Russian economy is strong. Support for Putin is near I believe 80%. Inflation is low and products are on store shelves. How are we doing here as apposed to previous years. The west has played this game badly. They need a major timeout.

Posted by Dale 2022-12-12 03:58|| 2022-12-12 03:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Westernism took hold in Russia following the defeat of Napoleon, and thereafter had influence for some fifty years. In the end the Slavophiles (characterized by Dostoevsky) defeated the Westenizers (Tergenev), while the fence-sitters (Tolstoi) found solace in Mother Russia. And once again Russia turned inward -- as it had been doing for eight hundred years. Thus, that Russia might be "returning to what we had from 1917 to 1989" is not so surprising.

Posted by Herman Henbane5539 2022-12-12 10:22|| 2022-12-12 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Great insights Herman. Your perspectives are most welcomed here.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-12 10:25|| 2022-12-12 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 "What philosophy will Russia spread now by seduction and sword?"

What we considered normal a few years ago: anti-
Woke, family values. Not this 21 gender cancel-culture that the West has fallen in love with.

Posted by mossomo 2022-12-12 13:01|| 2022-12-12 13:01|| Front Page Top

#5 #2 I don't see that related to today's Russia. Putin's outreach is from Latin America, Africa, Arab world, China, Asia so hardly a turn inward. The West does not love Russia, so what. This is all due to strong leadership. The future is today. Sadly Biden and his woke EU make every mistake at every turn.

Posted by Dale 2022-12-12 13:08|| 2022-12-12 13:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Moscow has always been isolated from the far more glamorous Western European cities like Paris, Vienna, Berlin and London. Thousands of miles of steppes ensured that isolation. The distances are just too great. That isolation kept Russia in a perpetual state of cultural, economic and military backwardness. But the isolation also helped ensure their security as the logistics for would be conquerors like Napoleon and Hitler didn't work. Putin certainly wants to keep that distance by keeping NATO out of Ukraine.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-12-12 14:19|| 2022-12-12 14:19|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 "Russia in a perpetual state of cultural, economic and military backwardness", that is absurd.

Posted by Dale 2022-12-12 15:10|| 2022-12-12 15:10|| Front Page Top

#8 The difference between now and 1917 to 1989 is that now Russian military equipment and tactics have been shown to be lacking.

What does Russia sell except military equipment that the world wants beyond raw materials and Vodka?

Posted by ruprecht 2022-12-12 16:09|| 2022-12-12 16:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Dale? What color is the sun on your Russia?

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-12 19:23|| 2022-12-12 19:23|| Front Page Top

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