[PDF file]: […] golf course owner and TV celebrity. And much of his income over many years came from money laundering courtesy of the Russian mafia. His affinity for Vladimir Putin certainly seems to derive at least in part from this last factor. He was certainly not one of the US super rich. Short term advantage with […]
[PDF file]: […] interesting point he makes is that even after the collapse of Communism, ‘the level of surveillance in Russia had not eased’. (pp. 69-70) And, of course, Vladimir Putin was to take control of the country by the end of the century. This triumph of authoritarianism in Russia has had an impact throughout the world […]
[…] will to fight were not breaking under the strain and were unlikely to do so. Trump is actually the most rational and informed actor here other than Putin. . . .36 Pendry’s reference to ‘post-Soviet neo-nationalists’ sent me back to the big piece on the role of the far right in the Maidan Square […]
[…] The Soft Power Ecosystem and Beyond’ at or 81 See, for example, the long analysis by Ivan Katchanovski, at . 82 28 the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
[…] will to fight were not breaking under the strain and were unlikely to do so. Trump is actually the most rational and informed actor here other than Putin. . . .19 Pendry’s reference to ‘post-Soviet neo-nationalists’ sent me back to the big piece on the role of the far right in the Maidan Square […]
[…] Covert Action Magazine think Russia was justified in invading Ukraine? If so, they never quite state it. Perhaps they are inhibited by the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
[…] will to fight were not breaking under the strain and were unlikely to do so. Trump is actually the most rational and informed actor here other than Putin. . . .6 Pendry’s reference to ‘post-Soviet neo-nationalists’ sent me back to the big piece on the role of the far right in the Maidan Square […]
[PDF file]: […] The Soft Power Ecosystem and Beyond’ at or 81 See, for example, the long analysis by Ivan Katchanovski, at . 82 28 the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
[…] Covert Action Magazine think Russia was justified in invading Ukraine? If so, they never quite state it. Perhaps they are inhibited by the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
[…] Covert Action Magazine think Russia was justified in invading Ukraine? If so, they never quite state it. Perhaps they are inhibited by the fact that Russia under Putin is a murderous, fascist kleptocracy, whose leaders are motivated by greed and fantasies of restoring Russia to the status it had during the Cold War. All […]
