AncientCraftwork
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One thing Russia as a nation has is a massive identity crisis caused by the very chaotic and sad chain of historical events introduced by the revolution ( which was largely financed from overseas by foreigners)
Putin is trying to hold the fabric of that country together, tying together all kinds of opposing ideologies and sentiments due to the identity crisis of that nation and its people. That's why they fly the Tricolor flag next to the red star .
They blame Lenin for creating Ukraine yet at the same time rearise fallen Lenin statues in "liberated" cities.
Russia doesn't know whether to hate communism or to love it. Hating communism would mean the ''Great Patriotic War'' may not have been as Patriotic... But hating communism would also mean agreeing with Hitler and thats a no no because Hitler wanted to destroy the Russian nation.. At the same time... if there never was communism in the first place, there might never have been a Hitler either. Loving communism is also hard. It caused great starvation and persecution. But at the same time, when communism did finally dissappear, the country fell into a great chaos and suffering.
The communists promised great things to the Russians when they got to power. They didn't deliver, on the contrary. The capitalists promised great things to Russians when communism disentregated. They didn't deliver either.
Russia as a nation should therefor be handled carefully. They are not ''rational'' or grown up at the moment. They have an identity crisis. This failing war is making things a lot worse. Now that the west has pretty much guaranteed to keep supplying Ukraine there's no real victory in sight. Plus domestic attacks are increasing. Yet their great victory parade is in 2 weeks and right now they got nothing to show for. If they wanted a victory in Ukraine they clearly should have steamrolled that country from the get go with all they had, but it seems to late now. Of course, I am just an armchair general, so my opinion is quite meaningless. The nation is being pushed to a point where they very well could push the button. They feel their existence is starting to become threathened. I think this point would arrive when Ukraine gains more successes with western weaponry and they start an offensive to retake Crimea and the East....
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