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The U.S., Russia, and China, are the new
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Posted By: 4250Luis, 12/8/2024 8:24:30 AM

It’s not easy, because Lavrov has such poised, stable understanding of politics and international law. And he expressed this, not in his native Russian, but in English. He also displayed a level of respect for international power relations, and for America itself, that may leave many wondering which current government is more “American.” As a Russian speaker, and someone who worked in Russia, this is not surprising: The Russian people admire America, and they generally love, and have always yearned for, all things American. There’s no doubt that Russia’s current government puts Russia first. That is their job.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: JrSample 12/8/2024 9:42:51 AM (No. 1850707)
Russian's current government puts themselves first; the dictator with his sychophantic yes-men, and the politically-connected oligarchs. It is a corrupt oil-mineral syndicate run for the enrichment of the corrupt members of their government. If properly run it could be a wealthy country with a high standard of living. Too bad, their attempt at a democratic government post cold war didn't work, because the population are still a bunch of paranoid atheists and are still communist at heart, and need a dictator to lead them like sheep. They are a menace to the world.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: franco 12/8/2024 10:27:44 AM (No. 1850726)
Russia is country running a combined social and economic system of 10th century feudalism. The Russians themselves have rebranded it the "Power Vertical" (possibly due to their own ignorance of the history of western civilization) but it's just feudalism: Czar Vlad is the suzerain lord, the oligarchs surrounding him are minor lords, and with few exceptions ordinary Russians are serfs. And this most excellent system (from their perspective) they seek to spread by subjugating surrounding lands. Ask the average Chechen, Georgian, or Ukrainian about the benefits of this system and they will show you pictures of once-thriving cities that have been reduced to complete rubble by Russian "liberation." If the author has such admiration for all things Russian, he may well be invited to assist in the reconstruction of Russia after Czar Vlad has been deposed. And I hope he can help shed them of both their feudal and imperial tendencies.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Kate318 12/8/2024 10:52:10 AM (No. 1850738)
The author speaks to a world that is. It doesn’t take a genius to see the new political alignments. We certainly live in interesting times.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 12/8/2024 11:21:16 AM (No. 1850759)
Russia is ruled by vicious mafia thugs without the slightest morality or ethics. Imagining that they are motivated by anything more than power and money is to be misinformed. Lavrov is just as evil as Putin. The awed tone of the article is just sadly naive. I spent ten years traveling in and doing business in Russia and found a number of good people, some that I called friends. But their leadership are not good people, they are very evil people. And too many of the "good Russians" are supportive of the very bad Russians. Putin's goal is to reassemble the former Soviet Union as a new Russian Empire, by whatever means it takes. Siding with the Russian government is siding with evil. Failing to oppose Putin is equivalent to failing to oppose other vicious historic dictators like Stalin or Tojo or Hitler.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: mifla 12/9/2024 5:29:32 AM (No. 1851124)
Drill, baby, drill and drive the price of oil way down. That will put a damper on Putin's dreams of conquest.
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