The Putin Paradox, or Why the Kremlin is Doomed to Lose Its Allies
The Russian leadership is sincerely convinced that it «does not create problems, but merely reacts to the hostile steps of others.» However, the outside world, viewing reality through a different civilizational lens, sees the exact opposite: it is precisely the Kremlin’s isolationism and its inability to negotiate on equal terms that create these historical deadlocks.
This explains why Putin’s «soft» rhetoric toward a Westward-leaning Armenia (just like his approach to Ukraine decades earlier) inevitably leads to a harsh conclusion, and why historical blindness prevents the Kremlin from building a viable macro-region.
Neither Bogdanov’s Theory nor Lenin’s Practice
The central tragedy of the modern Russian elite is its ignorance and misunderstanding of the true history of Russia and the communist movement, which has been distorted for decades to serve fleeting political interests. The Russian Federation’s political Olympus still operates on the myths of 1937.
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