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Rikard's avatar

There's a certain amount of schadenfreude in Putin's rund-down of his version of Russian/US (and EU) interactions in the post-Soviet and especially the post-Jeltsin era:

Putin is fully in the know when it comes the plan launched during the dismantling of the USSR: turn new Russia into a modern equivalent of what the old colonial states in Africa were used for. Resource extraction where all real tangible assets and resources are owned and controlled by London and Washington.

Remember, Putin didn't become "mad, bad and dangerous to know" in western media until he finally stopped the take-over by US/British oil&gas corporations of Russia's resources. And since Russia is neither Mesopotamia (Irak) nor Iran, the usual tactics employed by Shell, BP, and their correspondent nation-state enforcers couldn't be brought to bear in full until a proxy front had been created in the Ukraine.

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Christine massot's avatar

I think we could make a calculated guess...they are controlled by the same entity?

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