He repudiated both Yeltsin and Gorbachev.
I like him for pointing out the following:
“When we ask where democracy is possible, we can see that democracy has been established in the countries of Western Christianity...”
It’s fascinating to understand how the development of political systems parallel the Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity.
Uhhh, the report is from 2015.
He also sang the praises of both Lenin and Stalin as well as revising history to suit his masters of the day including pooh poohing the starvation Stalin's pals in Ukraine oversaw. I suppose you figure Hitler deserves high praise because he loved his dogs and had Eva commit suicide rather than face the evil Ruskies, right?
Yeah, better late than never, but he should have been writing his memoirs from behind bars not making the EU/US lecture circuit and getting inflated payment for puff pieces in US media to keep the perks and privileges he had grown accustomed to rolling in.
By the by, what's Kiev pay these days?