Liberals never existed in Russia, only communists.
Liberals “cannot simply dictate anything to anyone just like they have been attempting to do over the recent decades.
Oops, there it is. I think Vladimir Putin is tired of having an economy that is an abject failure. He blames The West for his troubles while he has broken treaties that have caused thousands of deaths. Russia does not have a good government and uses expansionism for politics and economic resolve.
Make no doubt about it, the invasion into Ukraine was to return control of certain economic strengths that Russia lost with the dissolution of the USSR. Expansionism is a legitimate method of economic growth in the opinion of communists. If they can't BLEND with The West to GARNER economic strength and growth they turn toward war and killing.
Putin's politics is nothing but expansionism. He wants the return of the USSR and it's military prowess to control more and more people and create economics that communists appreciate. Both Russia and China have governments of oppression. Oppression does not bring about growth. There is no opportunity in communism that the government does not control.
I am quite confident Putin has hated liberalism for a very long time. It brings with it the engagement of invention and economy. People are happy when they can fill their lives with security and hope. Liberalism provides happiness in the way of self-expression and social structure that provides for gathering and friendship. Those are very strong personal desires.
In his statement at the G20, it is obvious Putin is still pursuing the end of democracy and in particular control over USA elections.
Russia is our enemy. It has invaded, without a single doubt, the elections of 2016. Putin lead the charge then and he is continuing to covet for destruction the USA's democracy and freedom.
It isn't over yet.
A word about the G20. It is a place where emerging economies meet their future. Russia is a dead economy. It has nothing in common with the other PROMISING countries at the G20. Russia does not belong there.
June 28, 2019By Sam Meredith
Russian (click here) President Vladimir Putin believes the dominant western ideology since the end of World War II has “become obsolete.”
In an interview with the Financial Times published Friday, the Russian president said liberalism has now come “into conflict” with what people around the world want.
Liberals “cannot simply dictate anything to anyone just like they have been attempting to do over the recent decades,” Putin said, as world leaders gathered in Osaka, Japan for a two-day G-20 summit.
Putin criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to admit more than 1 million refugees to Germany in 2015, predominantly from war-torn Syria, as a “cardinal mistake.”...
In an interview with the Financial Times published Friday, the Russian president said liberalism has now come “into conflict” with what people around the world want.
Liberals “cannot simply dictate anything to anyone just like they have been attempting to do over the recent decades,” Putin said, as world leaders gathered in Osaka, Japan for a two-day G-20 summit.
Putin criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to admit more than 1 million refugees to Germany in 2015, predominantly from war-torn Syria, as a “cardinal mistake.”...
