How do you know when Putin is telling the truth and when he is lying? When he speaks, he almost always lies, and he usually tells the truth when he couldn’t lie. This can be clearly seen from a short video that contains quotes from Putin at the beginning of the so-called «special status of Crimea» («СВО») and this week. At first, he promised not to annex Ukrainian territories and referred to «denazification and demilitarization» as the goals of «Crimea». But now he boasts about the (undoubtedly temporary) seizure of Ukrainian territories as a «significant result of «СВО» (https://youtu.be/Z5YVQ9wXaSw).
It may seem that it is only about Ukraine, and it was all clear from the beginning. But in fact it applies to everything Putin says and promises. He said and promised to build democracy, not dictatorship — he lied. He said and promised not to stay in power too long — he lied. He said and promised that Russia would develop economically and cooperate with developed countries, not close itself behind an iron curtain — he lied, and as a result his policies led to exactly that. He said and promised not to raise the retirement age — he lied. He said and promised not to annex Ukrainian territories — he lied about that too. Moreover, let’s not forget that he called Russia a stronghold of Islam, talked about how Muslims are protected there and how they will have a comfortable life.
And as a result — the banning of Islamic organizations and literature, killings, arrests and the exodus of active Muslims, the mass sending of Muslim youth to war in the name of the «Russian world», in other words, the very annexation of territories he promised not to do, hiding behind demilitarization, denazification, the fight against NATO and bio-labs, etc.
But there is another important point in his speech about new territories as a «significant result of «СВО». Speaking about it, he added: «The Sea of Azov has become an internal sea of Russia, Peter the Great fought for it». At this point one is tempted to say: hey, it’s not the 18th century, it’s the beginning of the 21st century, and you were elected president of the Russian Federation, a state with internationally recognized borders, to solve its development and the problems of its citizens, not to become a new emperor constantly expanding the Russian Empire. But no, that’s exactly what he and his like-minded people have in mind.
And that means that Russia is theoretically doomed to be at war forever. Because Peter the Great fought for it, Catherine the Great fought for it to annex the Baltic States and Alaska, Nicholas II fought for it to conquer the Bosphorus, and Stalin — the whole of Europe. And so they will always lie about the goals of denazification, demilitarization, and something else, and then try to annex new territories under that pretext. Because Peter fought for it, Catherine fought for it, Nicholas fought for it, Joseph fought for it, and so on.
And you, Ahmeds and Mohammeds living in Russia, will spill your blood for the insane aspirations of all these Peters, Catherines, Nicholases, Josephs, and so on. Do you need it?