This article is most interesting:
“Yes, Putin and Russia are fascist – a political scientist shows how they meet the textbook definition”
Alexander Motyl, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
Published: March 30, 2022 8.39am EDT
https://theconversation.com/yes-putin-and-russia-are-fascist-a-political-scientist-shows-how-they-meet-the-textbook-definition-179063
Excerpt: “Putin has completely dismantled all of Russia’s nascent democratic institutions. Elections are neither free nor fair. Putin’s party, United Russia, always wins, and oppositionists are routinely harassed or killed.
The media have been curbed; freedom of speech and assembly no longer exists; and draconian punishments are meted out for the slightest of criticisms of the regime.
A hypernationalist, imperialist and supremacist ideology that glorifies all things Russian and legitimates expansion as Russia’s right and duty has been both imposed on and willingly accepted by the population.
War is worshiped and justified by the state’s mendacious propaganda machine. As the brutal invasion of Ukraine shows, war is also practiced, especially if it is directed against a people whose very existence Putin regards as a threat to himself and to Russia.”
ARTICLE
EU Foreign Affairs chief on Russia’s missile attack on Chernihiv: Cowardly attack on civilians
European Pravda
Sunday, 20 August 2023, 19:54
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/20/7416356/
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy, has commented on a Russian strike on the city of Chernihiv which led to numerous deaths and injuries among the civilian population.
SOURCE:
Borrell on Twitter, reports European Pravda
Borrell said the Russian attack on Chernihiv was “cowardly”.
QUOTE:
“Strongly condemn yet another cowardly and deliberate Russian strike on Chernihiv targeting a university and a theatre, causing the death of at least 7 civilians, including children, leaving many more injured,” Borrell emphasised.
***Strongly condemn yet another cowardly and deliberate Russian strike on #Chernihiv targeting a university and a theatre, causing the death of at least 7 civilians, including children, leaving many more injured.
Now, as always, we #StandWithUkraine
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) August 20, 2023 ***
BACKGROUND:
-Earlier, the Russian attack on Chernihiv was condemned by presidents of Moldova and Estonia, as well as the US Secretary of State.
-Viacheslav Chaus, Head of the Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration, reported that the number of people injured in the Russian ballistic missile attack on the city of Chernihiv rose to 148.
-On the morning of 19 August, at 11:30, the Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Chernihiv Music and Drama Theatre, when a gathering of drone manufacturers and aerial reconnaissance training schools was being held there as part of the Liuti Ptashky (Angry Birds) demo day.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Update from Ukraine | Kaboom day! Ruzzian Convoys were ambushed | Ruzzia lost Tu 22 bomber, UMCRevMom@aol.com wrote: ransomnote: The following is an excerpt of UMCREVMom's post:
This article is most interesting:
“Yes, Putin and Russia are fascist – a political scientist shows how they meet the textbook definition”
Alexander Motyl, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
Published: March 30, 2022 8.39am EDT
https://theconversation.com/yes-putin-and-russia-are-fascist-a-political-scientist-shows-how-they-meet-the-textbook-definition-179063Excerpt: “Putin has completely dismantled all of Russia’s nascent democratic institutions. Elections are neither free nor fair. Putin’s party, United Russia, always wins, and oppositionists are routinely harassed or killed.
So Alexander Motyl is a lefty professer at Rutgers; I am not surprised. It's possible he's biased because Motyl's parents emigrated as refugees from Western Ukraine after World War II, when the region was occupied by the Soviet Union[1]
He's written over 350 articles in the Kyivpost.com.
Naturally, the author says Trump was lying about Ukrainian corruption.
Alexander Motyl: Don’t believe Trump’s lies about Ukrainian corruption (Nov. 17, 2019)
He said some interesting things about Zelensky.
Alexander Motyl: Why a Zelenskiy presidency would be a disaster for Ukraine (Feb. 19, 2019)
If Motyl is correct about him (see below), then NATO bought off Zelensky:
Alexander J. Motyl: Ukraine’s TV president is dangerously pro-Russian April 2, 2019
He also said some interesting things about the Donbas and the Ukraine:
Interesting indeed.
Fascist free communist country
Not for me
They should be outlawed here too
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