Former associate professor at several Russian universities who has done extensive research on Russian aggression in Ukraine from 2014-2023. YT channel creator
My experience: Russians During Gorbachev’s “Perestroika” and Today
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I often see people asking whether Russians have changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union or whether they were always supportive of the policies we see today.
#RussiaUSSR#KGBUSSR
Nigel Forage has an absolute car crash on #bbcbreakfast in an interview which he says nobody cares about his £5 million pound gift, tries to deflect by comparing what Sally Nugent spends her wag s on, how she earns and accuses the BBC of putting him in danger.
@chefjoseandres@GeoffBrown82@USNationalGuard I don’t think it’s kind at all.
“I was just following orders” does not cut it when it comes to our civil liberties and Democracy.
The National Guard should REFUSE to take part in trump’s authoritarian egotistical demands.
The Reflection Pool belongs to The People. 💙🇺🇸
Bolton: Trump doesn't understand the concept of alliances. He thinks we defend Europe, they don't pay, we get nothing. In fact the US gets a lot out of NATO.
It's been a mistake of American politicians treating NATO membership as an act of charity by the United States. 1/
Do not let the far right gaslight you into thinking their current platform is just common sense, or that their views used to be the norm.
Their obsession with absolute presidential immunity, dismantling NATO, and carrying water for Russia is entirely abnormal.
Figures like Elon Musk frequently claim that the political center has shifted and that their views were considered mainstream a couple of decades ago. This is a massive lie designed to disguise an increasingly radical, post-truth agenda. The positions they champion today would have been laughed at thirty years ago by anyone with a shred of sanity.
Consider the current landscape under Trump. The erasure of checks and balances, the demand for absolute presidential immunity, and the open use of the highest office to generate billions of dollars show an unprecedented level of corruption. No normal citizen in the past voted for the destruction of the country from within.
The betrayal is even more obvious when examining their foreign policy. The modern far right has become thoroughly pro-Russian, routinely echoing the talking points of a brutal dictatorship while actively trying to dismantle NATO. A generation ago, this blatant subversion of Western security would have been universally condemned as treasonous.
Today's far right is a uniquely dangerous, modern phenomenon that weaponizes misinformation and stokes division. They are not trying to preserve history. They are trying to rewrite it to justify their own corruption and insane extremist ideology
You’ve probably seen this video already, but it describes the situation in Russia so perfectly—so it’s worth a laugh or two.
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One of Russia’s biggest bloggers writes about the crisis in Putin’s paradise:
"I was out driving all day.
The fuel situation is bad. I recommend filling up your tank completely in the city—despite any restrictions—before hitting the highway, and assuming you’ll be driving all the way to the next city."
@RealJakeBroe@69thSB Thank you, Jake! By the way, did you know there is a song about you? "Jake Broe (Welcome Back Defenders)"
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Great song! All the words about you are true. Well deserved.
Enjoy!
I just found a great song about the American defender of democracy and supporter of Ukraine, Jake Broe.
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Great song! All the words about Jake are true. Well deserved.
Enjoy!
#JakeBroe#DefendersofDemocracy#JakeBroeYouTube
In the old USSR, people could be arrested for photographing bridges, tunnels, etc. A repressive and paranoid regime assumed the photographers must be spies and saboteurs. Americans laughed at such petty tyranny. Nothing like that could happen in their free country! Until now.
@davidfrum Welcome to the USSR. Lock her up for 25 years like Putin does. What did Americans expect when they elected Putin's puppet and admirer? Enjoy your slide into dictatorship or resist. Your choice.
FEDOROV: For Russians, hell is only just beginning to unfold. Their logistics are being cut off, Crimea is being isolated.
There is also direct correlation between how hard we hit Russian logistics and how many assault actions they carry out on the front line.
Let me tell you even more. Together with Defense Forces, we carried out an operation last year.
We accumulated specially manufactured drones and intelligence information.
And last year, in just 3 days, we destroyed almost 800 units of Russian armored vehicles.
For half a year afterward, Russians had no opportunity to carry out mechanized assaults.
After the humiliation of last week's Ukrainian strikes on Moscow, the Gargoyle Midget Furher apparently shook his tiny fist and demanded air defenses be stripped from the entire country and dragged to the capital.