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What Putin gained was not having a culturally-adjacent country next door with a functioning democracy. That was a threat, not to Russia, but to Putin. He coul
by AnimalMuppet 5mo ago
What Putin gained was not having a culturally-adjacent country next door with a functioning democracy. That was a threat, not to Russia, but to Putin. He couldn't accept that, because Russians might get ideas about how their culture didn't require a strongman at the top in order to function.
- rchaud 5mo agoDemocracies aren't automatically immune to voting in illiberal leaders. Russia and the west have both been heavy handed in their efforts to swing Ukrainian elections in their favour.
- selivanovp 5mo ago[flagged]
- ponector 5mo agoI hope you got paid well for your comments, promoting putin's narratives. A fact: Zelenski as well as his predecessor Poroshenko came into the office not by coup, but were elected by Ukrainian people.