I know that Putin’s paid internet trolls will immediately start their crybaby routine, but the truth is obvious:
The mask has come off. Russia is fascist, plain and simple. The difference between brownshirts killing those who dare to speak out on the streets of Berlin and Moscow is 80 years. Otherwise there is no difference.
Russofascism is the enemy and it must be ended.
I agree. Putin was a career communist KGB Colonel, and like Milosevic in Serbia, when communism ended he needed a new path to power. He chose ultra nationalism, theocracy, revanchism, chauvinism, and cronyism. He latched onto the gangsters promising protection and profits as long as they stayed out of his way. It’s worked for him so far. He’s president for life. He threats his neighbors, all of them far weaker and no threat to Russia, for the sole purpose of maintaining himself in the public’s mind as the great savior of Russia. He spent more on the Sochi Olympics than all previous Olympics combined to glorify Russia (like Hitler did) and himself, and as a way to dole out public funds to his fellow gangsters. He has aligned Russia with Iran, North Korea, and Assad, another gangster. Yet, we have folks that fawn over Putin like creepy catamites in a county jail.
To avoid any misunderstandings:
I’m not saying “Kill them all”.
In fact I do weep with those Russians who just want to live their lifes freely and with basic human dignity.
So when I say, it must be ended, preferably by Russia’s own Maidan protest movement that will sweep away the corrupt fascist filth.
But ended it must be. Otherwise the 2010s and 20s will be the 1930s / 40s all over again and we all know the rest of that story.