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2023-01-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Insights on Russian Culture from a Finnish Intelligence Analyst

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-18 07:00|| 2023-01-18 07:00|| Front Page Top

#2 From the Polish border to Moscow, through to the Urals, is a plateau that is easy to attack with both horses and tanks. That is what has been done. Napoleon attacked, the Germans attacked, and so on. That idea is also in the genetic inheritance of the Russians, that someone is always attacking. “We will be conquered.” They have no shelter, no mountains, no rivers. There are no lakes between the east and the capital. Geographically, Russia has always been easy to conquer, which also influences their thinking.

It is true that Russia has been attacked many, many times and that kind of experience will affect one's thinking. But there is, in fact, a formidable geographic problem for would-be conquerors which is the vast distance between Moscow and anyone who is thinking about attacking. Napoleon and Hitler both learned that the hard way. In both cases, the Russian army performed extremely poorly in the opening phases of the invasion. But they persisted and ultimately prevailed. Biden should think about that. It can safely be assumed that Russians would like to maintain as much distance as possible between themselves and the hostile forces beyond their borders, especially since their military is so pathetic.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-01-18 12:04|| 2023-01-18 12:04|| Front Page Top

#3 A vast percentage of Russians get all their information from television. These television channels are under the control of Putin and his close associates. Therefore, Russians receive filtered information. They do not get the facts from the media.

So, kinda like American mainstream media, huh? A different point of view but the same lack of truth.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-01-18 12:19|| 2023-01-18 12:19|| Front Page Top

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