[ought-six]

“Any agreement, treaty or other diplomatic device signed by the Russians isn’t worth the paper it’s written upon.
They will cheat, lie and steal anything that they deem necessary for their own purposes. Their Communist roots are still fertile..................”

Russians have always been duplicitous, but with communism that duplicity found a very happy home; and though “communism” has taken a back seat, its mindset has just made the facile switch to fascism.

[Red Badger]

Two sides of the same coin...................

[Zhang Fei]

[Russians have always been duplicitous, but with communism that duplicity found a very happy home; and though “communism” has taken a back seat, its mindset has just made the facile switch to fascism.]

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IMHO, fascism and communism are just egalitarian-sounding but closeted forms of monarchy. The “isms” are just frilly accouterments to prettify the reality of despotism. Rome evicted its last titular king in 495 BC. However, Roman consuls kept trying to assume kingly powers, i.e. rule for life and pass the throne to their kin. Julius Caesar finally succeeded. His nephew Octavian reaped the fruits of his efforts after his death.

Vladimir Vladimirovich may be attempting to establish a dynasty that dare not say its name:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10860329/Putin-considering-parachuting-daughter-political-role.html