“Considering Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the bill submitted to the Russian State Duma this week proposing to annul the regulation that recognised the independence of Lithuania and threats of ‘denazification’ and ‘demilitarisation’ against other countries are dangerous and irresponsible. Instead of striving towards respect for international law and basing its actions on the principle of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, Russia has attempted to use propaganda in addition to the army to implement its imperialist ambitions, including by falsifying history. This approach is doomed to failure and can eventually threaten Russia itself.
Estonia is tirelessly reiterating that Russia has gravely violated international law by invading Ukraine and should immediately comply with the 16 March decision of the International Court. We once again call on Russia to immediately withdraw its forces from Ukraine, end hostilities and respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.”
Putin Compares His Actions to Peter the Great’s Conquests
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/06/09/putin-compares-his-actions-to-peter-the-greats-conquests-a77960
HOWEVER, PUTIN IS MORE LIKE ‘IVAN THE TERRIBLE’
Bio:
In the 1560s, Russia was devastated by a combination of drought, famine, unsuccessful wars against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tatar invasions, and the sea-trading blockade carried out by the Swedes, the Poles, and the Hanseatic League.
Ivan the Terrible was appointed grand prince after his father’s death, when he was three years old. In 1547, the “Chosen Council”, being a group of reformers, declared him tsar of All Rus’ at the age of 16. Ivan’s reign was characterised at an immense cost to its people and its broader, long-term economy.
After Ivan the Terrible consolidated his power, Ivan got rid of his advisers from the “Chosen Council” and triggered the Livonian War, which ravaged Russia but gave him greater autocratic control over Russia’s nobility. Ivan the Terrible violently purged with the Oprichnina [period between 1565 and 1572] when creating domestic policy of: secret police, mass repressions, public executions, and confiscation of land from Russian aristocrats. His later years were marked by the Massacre of Novgorod and the burning of Moscow by Tatars.
Ivan the Terrible was described as intelligent but given to: paranoia, rage, and episodic outbreaks of mental instability that increased with his age. In one fit of anger, he murdered his eldest son and heir, Ivan Ivanovich, and caused the miscarriage of the son’s unborn child. Ivan the Terrible the sadistic and brutal deeds included drowning and roasting people alive or torturing victims with boiling or freezing water.
In 1558, Ivan started the LIVONIAN WAR by attempting to gain access to the Baltic Sea and its major trade routes. The war ultimately proved unsuccessful and stretched on for 24 YEARS with Sweden, Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Teutonic Knights of Livonia. This prolonged war had nearly destroyed the economy, and the Oprichnina had thoroughly disrupting the government. The ‘Union of Lublin’ actually united Lithuania and Poland, and was supported by the Ottoman Empire squeezing Ivan the Terrible north and south.
After Ivan the Terrible rejected peace proposals from his enemies, Ivan had found himself in a difficult position by 1579. All the displaced refugees that fled the war actually compounded the effects of the simultaneous drought and increased epidemics causing greater loss of life.
PUTIN IS LIKE IVAN THE TERRIBLE !
God bless little Estonia!! Bravely standing up to the butchers of Moscow.
Those little Baltic countries know the price of Moscow’s “liberation” and will never accept it again.
All of them are braver and have more character than China Joe and Kamala Hoe combined X100.