Democracy is when you expand NATO to encircle former soviet nations, and basically tell them outright “if you don’t join us, willingly, and allow your economies to get privatized, deregulated, and hollowed out by foreign direct investment and IMF loan debt, you’re gonna get balkanized” and then proceed to use one of the most traumatized and nations in Europe (Ukraine) as a staging ground for the CIA to send millions of dollars to reactionary militias so they can start a civil war by burning a bunch of separatists in a union hall to death, and then proceed to pit former soviet nations against each other in a completely avoidable and unnecessary war… and the more you do all that, the more democratic it is.
something something international rules based world order
Putin who was Prime Minister at the time actually openly criticized President Medvedev for not vetoing the resolution at the UN Security Council [resolution number 1973]. This was the first major fallout between Putin and Medvedev back in 2011.
Medvedev was very keen to please Obama, among many things he signed a massive deal with Boeing that led to the disintegration of the Russia aviation industry, one of the last legacies of the Soviet Union. It’s a miracle that they still managed to revive the industry somewhat with the MC-21, and this effort has since been helped greatly by Western sanctions after the war in Ukraine.
Democracy is when you expand NATO to encircle former soviet nations, and basically tell them outright “if you don’t join us, willingly, and allow your economies to get privatized, deregulated, and hollowed out by foreign direct investment and IMF loan debt, you’re gonna get balkanized” and then proceed to use one of the most traumatized and nations in Europe (Ukraine) as a staging ground for the CIA to send millions of dollars to reactionary militias so they can start a civil war by burning a bunch of separatists in a union hall to death, and then proceed to pit former soviet nations against each other in a completely avoidable and unnecessary war… and the more you do all that, the more democratic it is.
something something international rules based world order
This is tankie Russian propaganda. NATO doesn’t just target ex Soviet Countries, it targets the whole world.
this is true
What’s that from?
Washington Bullets by Vijay Prashad. I forget what chapter
Cool, thanks
Putin who was Prime Minister at the time actually openly criticized President Medvedev for not vetoing the resolution at the UN Security Council [resolution number 1973]. This was the first major fallout between Putin and Medvedev back in 2011.
Medvedev was very keen to please Obama, among many things he signed a massive deal with Boeing that led to the disintegration of the Russia aviation industry, one of the last legacies of the Soviet Union. It’s a miracle that they still managed to revive the industry somewhat with the MC-21, and this effort has since been helped greatly by Western sanctions after the war in Ukraine.