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the whole of his speech to russian population with translation is on RT. it is mad.
Can't find it. Got a link?
the whole of his speech to russian population with translation is on RT. it is mad.
Not far from the last section of this video, wood panelling background.Can't find it. Got a link?
That is some social distancingdefinitely no imperial ambitions here no. View attachment 311344
Romans after the 3rd century crisis, arguably. A lower peak, but a recovery nonetheless.So Putin is talking of empires, well the Soviet Union anyhow.
Trouble is I don't think there is any way back once an empire has found itself in decline. I don't think there is any evidence from history of an empire having more than one peak.
The Soviet Union had its time, there is no going back.
Well, has anyone asked Putin if those tanks are his?If you want a hollow and depressing laugh have a look at the Stop the War coalition web page. Basically it's 'NATO hands off Ukraine', no mention of Russia. About as incisive as some of the 'analysis' on here and the how close are we to war thread.
So Putin is talking of empires, well the Soviet Union anyhow.
Trouble is I don't think there is any way back once an empire has found itself in decline. I don't think there is any evidence from history of an empire having more than one peak.
The Soviet Union had its time, there is no going back.
The Romans had a few recoveries from decline (at the start of the first century BC, then under Vespasian, then under Diocletian and finally Justinian I) , as did the English or British (after the loss of the Hundred Years War and then again after the loss of America) - decline can be reversed but it’s rare and usually requires a series good/great leaders acting rationally, that working and coinciding with promising circumstances.
Obviously sooner rather than later the idiots get in charge again and then the decline really is terminal.
He's talking Russia, not the Soviet Union. No way is he harking back to the latter failed attempt at socialism.So Putin is talking of empires, well the Soviet Union anyhow.
Trouble is I don't think there is any way back once an empire has found itself in decline. I don't think there is any evidence from history of an empire having more than one peak.
The Soviet Union had its time, there is no going back.
“The televised meeting of the powerful Security Council, which usually meets strictly behind closed doors, offered an extraordinary glimpse into the intense pressure at the top of the Russian elite.
At one point, Putin told spy chief Sergei Naryshkin to be more forthright, prompting the official to blurt out that he backed the idea of Russia absorbing the regions before correcting himself to say he supported recognition.”
Can't find it. Got a link?
That is some social distancing
He actually criticised the Soviet Union (at least the period under Lenin) saying Ukraine was a historical mistake with no tradition or right to sovereignty, claiming that it was, in full, “created by the USSR” and “Lenin was an architect of Ukraine”Does he want the Soviet union back then?
A?Blimey! It must be serious... there's going to be a COBR meeting..
He doesn't want to get the party started before xi jinping is ready, and it takes 3 years for him to get his make up onWatched the whole lot of the meeting.
They were all afraid.
And Putin sat there drumming his fingers on the table and biting his lip.
He knows that a war that drags the west into it will lead to WW3
And he will blame his security council for it when it happens.
The Roman empire lasted to 1453 of course, after the hundred years war and in the reign of Henry viThe Romans had a few recoveries from decline (at the start of the first century BC, then under Vespasian, then under Diocletian and finally Justinian I) , as did the English or British (after the loss of the Hundred Years War and then again after the loss of America) - decline can be reversed but it’s rare and usually requires a series good/great leaders acting rationally, that working and coinciding with promising circumstances.
Obviously sooner rather than later the idiots get in charge again and then the decline really is terminal.