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Originally Posted by icarus
Here's what Mark Galeotti (British academic who's written 24 books on Putin and Russia) has to say about Putin's latest speech (from the Spectator):
"[...] This is a step towards totalitarianism, with every Russian, rich or poor, being demanded to make a choice: are you with or against Putin? There is no more room for neutrality or loyal opposition, caveats or concerns. Or else? Or else what he chillingly called a ‘natural and necessary self-cleansing of society,’ that he believed ‘will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to meet any challenge.’
Of course, another word for cleansing is ‘purge.’"
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...alitarian-turn |
yep. Once he gets rid of a couple of oligarchs and takes everything they have, a lot of people will fall in line.