He was most recently in the news when his adult daughter, also a writer, was assassinated in a car-bomb attack in Moscow, which is presumed to have been the work of Ukrainians. And which he may have been the target of.
I have only posted the first and shortest section. There are 6 others, some considerably longer.
The full essay is quite interesting, and he makes the case that the war has transformed Russia in fundamental ways.
It is 5,800 words, or about 11 pages total.
To state the obvious this is a pro-Russian essay, by a well known Russian intellectual.
May be of interest to you.
Only NATO gets to attack countries that pose no threat and call it something catchy, like “kinetic operation” or “targeted missile strike”.
When somebody else does it, it is “naked aggression”, “empire building”, a “holocaust”, and a “crime against humanity”.
The West is to blame for this. Holding that view does not mean one is “pro-Putin” like the NeoCons spew. If the CCCP placed their military bases all across Canada, how would we feel. We’ve expanded NATO into Czechoslovakia, Poland,Hungary, and now Ukraine, a country with a particular ethnic animus against Russians in eastern Ukraine. Biden could have stated “we do not support NATO for Ukraine” before the invasion.
Listning to Putins speeches for several years he was often referring to a Multipolar World...so I on’t see this as him changing.
If the Russians decide to fully integrate with the Chinese that will be an extremely formidable combination. As for the rest of the world, who trusts the US?
We’ve gone from just supplying Javelin missiles to all of NATO pumping in everything under the sun.
A Russian who is incapable of writing something less than a tome doesn’t exist.
Why use 3 words when 100 will do.
It’s just another reason to not like Russian culture.
“ From the very beginning of the conflict, Russia, realizing that relations with the West were crumbling, made a sharp turn toward non-Western countries - especially China, Iran, Islamic countries, but also India, Latin America and Africa - clearly and contrastingly declaring its determination to build a multipolar world.……”
That is one sentence. Russians tire you out with words.
Not sure who will "Win" the "Ukraine" War, however it is certain that the US will Lose.
The Question is how badly?
Al Mayadeen
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Mayadeen#Political_alignment
[Excerpts:]
Political alignment
France 24 and Mohammed Al Jazairy of Asharq Alawsat state that Al Mayadeen represents the latest expansion of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah in the field of media.[6][7] Shortly after its launch the channel became one of the supporters of Hezbollah.[33] The same view was also expressed in a 2021 publication.[34] Joe Khalil, the author of a book about television in the Arab world, told The Daily Telegraph newspaper that the station is undoubtedly supportive of Assad.[8] According to the Jewish Chronicle, its director, Ghassan bin Jiddo, has spoken of his “friendship” with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.[27]
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The network has been accused of antisemitism. According to the Jewish Chronicle, among articles on its Arabic website are ones entitled “The Holocaust — that great deception”, “Why do the Jews rejoice at the burning of Notre Dame in Paris?”, “Jews and Freemasons in the Arabs’ revolutions”, and “The Jews of ‘Israel’ — this is why their end is certain”.[27][35] According to Media Matters for America in 2021, Al Mayadeen used antisemitic conspiracy theories about George Soros in its coverage of the Pandora Papers “to sow doubt about whistleblowers and leaks”.[36]
The network stated that the Palestinian cause is the channel’s centerpiece.[37]
In September 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Al Mayadeen spoke to Russian sources about setbacks in eastern Ukraine.[38] It has referred to the Government of Ukraine as a “Nazi regime” and promoted the discredited Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory.[39] British politician Jeremy Corbyn was criticised by Joan Ryan and the Simon Wiesenthal Center for appearing on the network during the war because of its perceived closeness to Iran and Hezbollah.[35]
Writing in Al Mayadeen in October 2022, Janna Al Kadri said that the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran was used by the West as an “opportunity to fuel Iran-phobia and Islamophobia”. Al Kadri described the hijab as “a symbol of the working class in its struggle for autonomy against the ongoing and impending assaults of imperialism”.[40]