Putin, you see, did not shake the British ambassador’s hand in the Kremlin, did not speak to him, and generally refused to come closer than 70 feet, citing health reasons. 😂
Or, you know, crazy thought, Putin told them the truth and anti-corona restrictions are still in effect in the Kremlin. Strange how that perfectly explains why he was meeting with kids before the ceremony and why he's behaving the way he is in UAE.
I mean, that's not as flattering to the British sense of self-importance, but maybe, just maybe Putin didn't snub 3 diplomats from hostile countries at the expense of the other 18 attending.
Real fucking mood to call a popular elected president a "despot" when you still have a literal hereditary monarch.
Britain always hated Russia. Their enmity is far beyond USSR and communism. I remember studying a note from a book that after the failed 1857 Indian uprising against EIC and abolishing of Mughal empire, few Rajputs kings of India secretly sent a convoy to ask Tsar of Russian empire to help Indian subcontinent. They were asking for direct military help to free India but Tsar thought it was a risky job .
Fun fact: queen Elizabeth (first one) refused Ivan the Terrible marriage proposition.
Nicholas I, but he died during it and Alexander II finished.
I am just curious why Poles are so much anti Russia not so much anti Ukraine when OUN killed 100K Poles , also was it because Russian empire occupied Poland in 1911 and then again the Communist government is seen as an extension of USSR.
Honestly i wonder too, official version is "centuries of oppression", 1920 war and Katyn but OUN killed up to 10 times more people than in Katyn (even if you belived the nazi version), nazis killed 6 million, 1920 war was not even very significant on the long list of wars Poland waged, and Germany did way more opression than Russia during the millenium.
The only thing it comes to mind is the uniform propaganda bubble because if you look historically russophobia was never that strong in Poland before, even during the partitions we had strong prorussian factions.
if a country is a brought under NATO and EU its bound to be Russophobic. Same as Moldova , Romania and Georgia. Now young generation of Georgia have strong anti Russia sentiment where as in 2008 it was not so much. Kazakhstan also have strong Russophobia, there it seems the Islamophication of certain tribes of Kazakhs has brought anti Russia sentiment.
Religion role is also not to be unerestimated. Catholic church in Poland is most consistently reactionary institution here, and while they weren't even that russophobic originally (they supported the partitions and "God protect the Tsar" was sung in every church), after communism won in Russia, they got rabies. Interestingly enough, they are very moderate in the case of Ukraine war, they see there is nothing to gain here.
I think its because of US policies and funding of NGO's in Eastern Europe who spread nationalism and anti USSR history throughout. I was listening a podcast of https://open.spotify.com/show/3R28kE3Z0qgqwTWR4C6uBx where an American professor in history told the host that most Russophobic propaganda are spread through various NGOs and Gulag memorial .
I think the early colorful revolutions in central Asia and Europe was to bring all these countries more close to US sphere and thereby strong Russophobia while religion also plays a role but I suppose the background propaganda and intense anti USSR notion in academia and intelligensia also plays a role .
UK is going to be the biggest failed state after EU or before EU.
I think it's a race between UK and Germany in a race to an economic collapse. If Germany goes then EU crash will inevitably follow.
well history repeats itself , Germany is going to collapse and AfD is going to return strongly and green party is firing coal plants to secure energy . Seriously Europeans ! Never understood the motivations of Frenchies too , Macron did a show a weak spine but now its too late .
I expect that the whole neoliberal order that US created in Europe implode is going to implode at this point. The kind of an economic crash that Europe is now entering hasn't been seen since the end of WW2. Younger generations in Europe can't comprehend what's happening because it's completely outside their lived experience.
Anglos near-exterminated the native population of pretty much two continents (most of North America, and Australia) with their various diseases, and genocidal tendencies. Can never be too cautious.
