Ah, my bad, didn’t see it. Thank you

Excellent bit at the end:

Secondly, the idea, which is gaining popularity in our country, that in order to break out of the vicious circle, the Western elite should be properly frightened by nuclear armageddon and then they will regain their will to negotiate, may have the exact opposite result. Today’s ruling elite is indeed qualitatively different from previous generations. First of all, it believes in a kind of dogma about the infallibility of the West, i.e. the certainty that any deviation from the ideological and political canon established after the Cold War will be a real catastrophe for the world. And since any compromise with Russia will be such a retreat, it is necessary to prevent it at all costs.

I have to agree. Look at the reaction to Putin’s comments regarding nuclear weapons. There is little fear. There’s only frothing at the mouth. At least the cold war era fucks had some idea of what “total war” would mean. And what nuclear war would mean

Huh, Lukyanov is on RT now? Funny, I recall first hearing of him when he worked for gazeta.ru, which was vaguely liberal (as opposed to rabid liberal novaya gazeta). He later quit and looks like there he is

Eat them?

Curious name. Thank you

What does that translate to?

Ah that is fair. In the socialist groups I’m in, people are memetically calling this reactionary dream RTWL - Russia That We Lost (in reference to the crocodile tears you’ve mentioned)

Are you suggesting soviet policies were reactionary and are being implemented by putin?

How recent and how successful do you like? Ukraine had several (2004, 2014). There was an attempt in Belarus in 2020 (cheered on by the usuals). There was some fuckery in Kazakhstan in January 2022 (I think?). The list goes on