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Vi håller på att gå mot storkrig i Europa på grund av USA och rabiata rysshatare. Historien hade varit så annorlunda om vi välkomnat Ryssland bli en del av Europa efter Sovjetunionens fall som vi gjorde med Väst-tyskland efter Nazitysklands fall.
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Early into his first term as an elected president in 2000-2004, Putin radiated optimism about what he believed would be a Euro-centric, or even an Atlantic-centric, future for Russia and some of its post-Soviet neighbors. It might be difficult to fathom today, but, in the early 2000s, Putin discussed Russia’s possible accession to NATO with Lord Robertson and reportedly Bill Clinton, and pursued a partnership with the alliance. Around the same time, Putin continued his predecessor’s policy of harmonizing Russia’s laws and regulations with the EU’s—even viewing Ukraine’s would-be membership in the bloc as a “positive factor.” “Of course, Russia is a very diverse country, but we are part of Western European culture,” Putin said in 2000. “No matter where our people live, in the Far East or in the south, we are Europeans.”
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Early into his first term as an elected president in 2000-2004, Putin radiated optimism about what he believed would be a Euro-centric, or even an Atlantic-centric, future for Russia and some of its post-Soviet neighbors. It might be difficult to fathom today, but, in the early 2000s, Putin discussed Russia’s possible accession to NATO with Lord Robertson and reportedly Bill Clinton, and pursued a partnership with the alliance. Around the same time, Putin continued his predecessor’s policy of harmonizing Russia’s laws and regulations with the EU’s—even viewing Ukraine’s would-be membership in the bloc as a “positive factor.” “Of course, Russia is a very diverse country, but we are part of Western European culture,” Putin said in 2000. “No matter where our people live, in the Far East or in the south, we are Europeans.”
Ingen tror att Putin menade allvar med det där.
Det är inte möjligt att vända från extremt samarbetsvillig med Väst till chauvinistisk Stalinkopia på en femöring.
Han är som alla ryssar avundsjuk på Europas rikedom, och vill sno åt sig av det istället för att försöka jobba ihop det själv.
Som den halvmongoliske ättling till Djingis khan han är.