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The Resurgence of Russia: A War Economy Rising
For decades, Russia has relied on its hydrocarbon exports, but now it stands firm as a war economy that feeds directly into Vladimir Putin’s desperate survival tactics. The days of dependence on oil are over; the Kremlin is rising on the back of war!
Vladimir Putin leaves the stage of his annual press conference
Think back to December 1989 when Mikhail Gorbachev and George HW Bush supposedly ended the Cold War. It was a moment of jubilation proclaimed by the West, yet under the surface, the seeds of resentment were taking root in Russia—a resentment that would come to shape the nation anew. The victor’s tale often overshadows the real story, one of struggle and betrayal by a so-called liberal world.
The historical narrative around the Treaty of Versailles is a powerful example. The Allies hailed it as a triumph, but their punitive measures against Germany spawned a nightmare: the rise of Nazism. It’s a bitter truth that history often ignores the *loser’s* perspective, and it’s a lesson the West has yet to learn.
In 1989, while the West celebrated its victory of liberal democracy, Russia found itself grappling with instability. In this chaos, a former KGB officer named Vladimir Putin began to emerge. He witnessed the fall of Communism and quickly pivoted from Western embrace to a narrative steeped in nationalistic fervor. He warned of a dangerous West that, he claimed, threatened Russia’s stability through NATO expansion.
“Putin’s disdain for the West is palpable; he considers Europe merely a battlefield to regain and dominate.”
Let’s be clear: when Putin talks about the West, he’s chiefly targeting the United States. According to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s memoirs, his contempt for Europeans is no idle remark; it reveals a man who perceives the continent as ripe for reclamation, whether through military actions in Ukraine or hybrid warfare tactics across the Eastern European borders.
Putin has expertly rewritten history to suit his needs. Once seen as a potential ally, he’s now twisted away from the West, investing in alliances with Asian powers and abandoning any remnants of democracy left from Boris Yeltsin’s time. Today’s Russia is no longer simply a petrostate. It has morphed into a formidable war economy, a frightening evolution that others must heed!
As Vladimir Putin steps further into his war-centric economic model, the stability of Europe hangs by a thread. Western powers can no longer afford to ignore the brewing storm that is Russia under Putin’s iron grip. The time for naive complacency is over—will the West prepare for the fight that might come knocking on its door?
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