Where is the Iranian bomb for that much of technology transfer?
Bottom line is that earlier Putin regime was more pro-American than late Yeltsin regime and it mean really pro-American considering the fact that Yeltsin was a Clinton’s sock puppet.
It haven’t paid off for Russia and certain actions by certain US politicians have convinced him to change course.
Putin is a populist, true, he is doing hard to follow a public opinion in a situation when he is unable to influence it.
If people in Russia would think America is an enemy he would become really anti-American. That is actually how he has his 90% rating.
“Where is the Iranian bomb for that much of technology transfer?”
They have had the tech to build a bomb for years..Got it the same way others did from Pakistan and from N. Korea.
All they needed was the fissionable material. So they could probably build one, (if they have not yet done so) today.
The tech needed to make it small enough to put on a intercontinental missile has yet to be developed to my knowledge, but then, the distance they need to travel is fairly short. They only need to get to Israel and neighboring states for now.
As to Putin’s Stance on the US...I don’t see much of a difference between him, Gorby, or Khrushchev. (Yeltsin was in a category by himself) Most people are not very aware of this but Khrushchev was not the total anti-American that his public personae seems to reflect. In fact it was his softness that led to his ouster.
But all of them are a reflection of their constituents to some degree or another. Khrushchev, and Gorby for part of his term were sock puppets of the Communist Party bosses, But Putin is a product of the failure of the Soviet Union as I see it. A product of a attempt to rebuild after a devastating event through a resurgence in nationalism.
As such he has a contemporary (80 years earlier) who rose from the ashes of a failed state.
Named Adolph.....
Don't fall for that, CH, that was a dodge straight from the Russian Foreign Ministry playbook.