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Russian President Vladimir Putin is infamous for his aggressive stance on geopolitics, often threatening military intervention and encroachments into foreign territories. However, recent events suggest that Putin fears something even more than war – a popular uprising.
Putin’s rule has been marked by a sustained attack on civil liberties and the rule of law, alongside the development of a repressive security apparatus. However, after two decades of economic stagnation, corruption and an increasingly unequal distribution of wealth, Russia has entered into a new era of political unrest.
In 2018, the self-declared Marxist opposition leader Alexei Navalny organized large protests in dozens of cities, calling for fair elections and the resignation of Putin. The government responded with brutal repression – arresting thousands of demonstrators, including Navalny himself.
However, protests have continued, and are being fueled by discontent over everything from pension reforms to Putin’s military adventurism. With an economy in freefall and a growing mistrust of the government, Russians are beginning to realize that their future is uncertain under Putin’s authoritarian rule.
The prospect of a popular uprising terrifies Putin more than any external threat, because it undermines his carefully cultivated image of a strong and stable leader, and poses a direct challenge to his grip on power.
While Putin has successfully neutralized traditional opposition groups, the new wave of protest is different – it lacks recognizable leaders, traditional organization and funding, and is fueled by a shared sense of dissatisfaction with the government, corruption and social inequality.
This presents Putin with a challenge he has not encountered before – an amorphous and leaderless movement with the capacity to spread across the country, which cannot be easily contained through traditional methods of repression.
Recent events in neighboring Belarus, where protesters forced the resignation of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, have further fuelled Putin’s anxiety about popular protest movements.
It remains to be seen whether Putin can quell the growing unrest in his country, or whether the Russian people will succeed in unseating the autocratic ruler. However, one thing is clear – Putin fears the power of the people more than any external threat or military intervention.
-56ºF = -50ºC for the rest of the world
These isolated Russian towns are so fascinating to me. Nobody knows about some of them and yet people still live there to this day.
Spiders?
What Putin Fedias
Erectile Dysfunction
Never judge an adversary from the benchmarked thresholds of your own fear equations. Countries that did so more often than not were rudely surprised. Validated and verified actions work in conflicts while speculation leads to self deceit and potential defeat.
https://youtu.be/JrMiSQAGOS4
God bless our Russian Comrades
Wnat Ptstin Fedyas More Than War
Running out of cabbage
If we solve the energy crisis, use the energy to create desalination plants and high rise farms and AI to produce an abundance of food there will be no need wars and no need for workers.
No need for workers means we work on things we enjoy instead of need, and even the old can be easily provided for no matter how few young there are in a country.
Food is rapidly becoming the most expensive thing in many countries lives. If Putin succeeds at taking only the bread basket portion of Ukraine it will fix his financial problems. I don't agree with taking from others but it is best to understand why.
The need to support an aging population will be instantly fixed when AI is able to do all the work.
He is learning/ improving from war, emptying his vintage shelf life expended old munition onto Ukraine and potentially improving his military industry and inventory with more current weapons while trading bilaterally de-dollarised/ deEuroised with Global countries in energy products. With China as a covert/ overt ally Russia has no need to fear " yet".
Great Vlog.
This was interesting and well presented – Thanks.
Ed Snowden emigrated to Russia
Putin doesn't fear war. He wanted war.
The better question is why are everywhere the windows open? 😀
@ AND SO, APPARENTLY. 'THE BIG RED BAIR. 'KREM-GUV', TOOK AWAY ALL OF THE 'PENSIONS' 4 THE 'POOR OVER WORKED MINERS IN THE NORTH: AND GAVE THE CASH TO THE OLIGARCH FRATERNITY (FOR WHICH THERE WAS A BIG PROTEST FROM THE NORTHERNERS.!!! BUT THEN THE PUTEY GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IT IMPROVED THESE PEOPLE'S WELFARE ???
EH??? DIDNT ANYBODY TELL 'THE BIG RED KREM BAIR', THAT. 'CONTRADICTION THIS WAY DOES NOT ADD UP TO REALITY????? ''OH WELL PERHAPS THEY DID TELL HIM, BUT THEN THEY GOT SHOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND SO HE DOES NOT 'NEED ANY REALITY'. BUT THEN, THE POOR OLIGARCHS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO ANY SAFETY OF MORTAL LIFE IETHER. AS THEY FALL UNDER THE LINE OF ANY BLAME FOR THE ECONOMY: IF THE BILLION DOLLAR RUBLE GETS MESSED UP, OR THE CASH GETS SQUANDERED ON TOO MANY EXPENSIVE GOVERNMENT MISSILES OR YAGHTS….AND THE LAYOFFS COME. OMG EVERYBODY IS EXPENDABLE HERE. WHAT A GREAT FORM OF NATIONAL LOVE. COME TO RUSSIA FOR A HOLIDAY??? ''HM', NOT SO CERTAINLY.@
When Russia falls and becomes a feudal society split up by various mob bosses, I wonder how long it'll take they're best buddy China to march across the entire country and claim it as they're own?
Пиндосня вы пожелеете скоро.
This is a lot more balanced than much of the propaganda. I appreciate you wanted to avoid talking about the war but it has serious implications for Russia. It is squandering young men and suffering a brain drain of its educated workforce. It is deeply damaging to its economy by diverting productive capacity to military hardware and sanctions. Outside the military there is next to no investment into R&D. Besides pensions, the other lightning rod issue is conscription and it us only a matter of time before the mothers of sons killed fighting an unnecessary and unwinnable war start to makes their voices heard. Putin knows someone close to him is trying to work out how to put a bullet in his brain
0:33 it can't be in Europe, it's located in Russia, and Russia is an Asiatic country
No roads in or out, but video shows parking lot full of abandoned vehicles buried in snow. Hmm. Did they train them in so they could drive in circles round town? Why not take them out the same way?
It seems that the math doesn't add up in the US either.
If i was Putin, i would be taking care of my people instead of worrying about war with Ukraine. The money he has already spent would help his people out greatly.
Step one. Secure the keys.
you really shouldnt be feeding this war bull crap putin doesn't fear any this……. America fears it will lose another proxy war ……. as the idiots who believed the lies slowly stop… like you.
Could the unspoken idea that the moms will as always ,can control the creation of new taxpayers? This is a magnificent power.
Ramafication , men can only wait for women to say yes!!! Wonderful!!!