Ah yes, the typical Russian relationship. “If he beats you he loves you”. Ukrainians should be glad Putin shows such great affection for them by stealing their land and murdering their citizens.
>because Putin is a one-man psychodrama, with a giant inferiority complex toward America that leaves him always stalking the world with a chip on his shoulder so big it’s amazing he can fit through any door.
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>Let’s see: Putin is a modern-day Peter the Great out to restore the glory of Mother Russia.[….]
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>That said, I don’t weep for Putin. He is the human embodiment of one of the oldest Russian fables: A Russian peasant pleads to God for aid after he sees that his better-off neighbor has just obtained a cow. When God asks the peasant how he can help, the peasant says, “Kill my neighbor’s cow.”
The entire piece is essentially a bizarre exercise of armchair Putinology including incomprehensible analogies about cows. It legit reads like a reddit shitpost.
Now that’s a headline.
Lmao, Putin is a bad b•tch
I like how EU and USA are like that cuckold partner who just stare at Ukraine and the max they can do is talk bad about it, while Russia is fucking Ukraine.
Neither Biden or EU leaders have enough balls to really challenge Putin, it is all a shitshow.
Every western opinion piece on Putin, his goals and his methods is getting one thing wrong: His ideology.
He’s always portrayed as this cold, calculating, ruthless dictator, but never as the ideologic nutjob he really is.
Putin (and his inner circle) believes that [Moscow is “the third rome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_third_Rome). The last christian empire against the antichrist. He fully believes that it is his and russias destiny to liberate europe from the antichrist – which is “the west” and its values.
He doesn’t want the soviet union back. He doesn’t want access to marine ports. He sees himself as an emperor and savior who is on a crusade against satan.
There are people in Ukraine whose lives have been wasted by the interference of Russian politics for nearly 20 years. It is really challenging being too close to Russia and not acting like Poland.
Most consequential game of fuck marry kill I’ve ever seen
Ahh, the Orthodox way. A classic.
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Shit went from 100 to 100000 real quick
Although I don’t like or support Putin this article has nothing to do in a newspaper. I know it’s an “opinion” But what is the author doing except vomiting his anger? He’s not arguing or giving valuable elements, just referring to a fantasized “Russian culture” which would explains Putin’s behaviour. When instead he could actually try to explain the geopolitics behind the crisis.
Good points made in the article about Putin’s strategy to stay in power. In his first two terms, it was mostly about growing economy and living standards, but after that it has mostly been about geographic expansionism and maintaining a siege mentality. Too bad Russia is not using her considerable human and natural resources efficiently to provide for good life for her citizens, and instead is focusing trying to control foreign territories which are hostile to it by brute force.
I love how Putin is the bad guy, and NATO (USA) start a war on every 2 years… i get that this sub lives in the “western world” but have you evar considered US is a bad guy…
That headline tho
“Which brings us back to the central question: Vlad, why are you in that tree?”
(c)Thomas L. Friedman
Vlad is a short verion of name Vladislav you fucking moron.
Short version of a name Vladimir is Vova.
For 20 fucking years you cannot even comprehend this?
Strong NKVD vibes here.
Putin, the ultimate tsundere
Paywalled. Can someone paste the article in a comment?
So did the russian invasion happen already?
Of course it’s a guy like Friedman doing the “opinionating”, with foreign policy experts like this guy the US doesn’t need any strong enemies.
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Wow, NYT really went there. Good for them.
Ah yes, the typical Russian relationship. “If he beats you he loves you”. Ukrainians should be glad Putin shows such great affection for them by stealing their land and murdering their citizens.
>because Putin is a one-man psychodrama, with a giant inferiority complex toward America that leaves him always stalking the world with a chip on his shoulder so big it’s amazing he can fit through any door.
>
>Let’s see: Putin is a modern-day Peter the Great out to restore the glory of Mother Russia.[….]
>
>That said, I don’t weep for Putin. He is the human embodiment of one of the oldest Russian fables: A Russian peasant pleads to God for aid after he sees that his better-off neighbor has just obtained a cow. When God asks the peasant how he can help, the peasant says, “Kill my neighbor’s cow.”
The entire piece is essentially a bizarre exercise of armchair Putinology including incomprehensible analogies about cows. It legit reads like a reddit shitpost.
Now that’s a headline.
Lmao, Putin is a bad b•tch
I like how EU and USA are like that cuckold partner who just stare at Ukraine and the max they can do is talk bad about it, while Russia is fucking Ukraine.
Neither Biden or EU leaders have enough balls to really challenge Putin, it is all a shitshow.
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You mean like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWEUtTvqF5A
Every western opinion piece on Putin, his goals and his methods is getting one thing wrong: His ideology.
He’s always portrayed as this cold, calculating, ruthless dictator, but never as the ideologic nutjob he really is.
Putin (and his inner circle) believes that [Moscow is “the third rome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_third_Rome). The last christian empire against the antichrist. He fully believes that it is his and russias destiny to liberate europe from the antichrist – which is “the west” and its values.
He doesn’t want the soviet union back. He doesn’t want access to marine ports. He sees himself as an emperor and savior who is on a crusade against satan.
There are people in Ukraine whose lives have been wasted by the interference of Russian politics for nearly 20 years. It is really challenging being too close to Russia and not acting like Poland.
Most consequential game of fuck marry kill I’ve ever seen
Ahh, the Orthodox way. A classic.
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Shit went from 100 to 100000 real quick
Although I don’t like or support Putin this article has nothing to do in a newspaper. I know it’s an “opinion” But what is the author doing except vomiting his anger? He’s not arguing or giving valuable elements, just referring to a fantasized “Russian culture” which would explains Putin’s behaviour. When instead he could actually try to explain the geopolitics behind the crisis.
Good points made in the article about Putin’s strategy to stay in power. In his first two terms, it was mostly about growing economy and living standards, but after that it has mostly been about geographic expansionism and maintaining a siege mentality. Too bad Russia is not using her considerable human and natural resources efficiently to provide for good life for her citizens, and instead is focusing trying to control foreign territories which are hostile to it by brute force.
I love how Putin is the bad guy, and NATO (USA) start a war on every 2 years… i get that this sub lives in the “western world” but have you evar considered US is a bad guy…
That headline tho
“Which brings us back to the central question: Vlad, why are you in that tree?”
(c)Thomas L. Friedman
Vlad is a short verion of name Vladislav you fucking moron.
Short version of a name Vladimir is Vova.
For 20 fucking years you cannot even comprehend this?
Strong NKVD vibes here.
Putin, the ultimate tsundere
Paywalled. Can someone paste the article in a comment?
So did the russian invasion happen already?
Of course it’s a guy like Friedman doing the “opinionating”, with foreign policy experts like this guy the US doesn’t need any strong enemies.