His statement about the collapse wasn’t a lament about the system but rather about Russia’s standing in the world. Hey, few were happier than my family and I that the USSR collapsed. But for Russians it is still a bitter pill to swallow to know that they’ve lost (and rightfully so) Empire. But being a Russian leader, Putin has to be sensitive to those feelings.
But for Russians it is still a bitter pill to swallow to know that they’ve lost (and rightfully so) Empire.
But according to you Russians and Soviets are not the same thing. All that came to an end in 1991. Now no one has anything to fear from peaceable Russia. It was those bad Soviets. So why should Russians be upset with the loss of the Soviet empire?
Care to wonder how Russia’s neighbors might feel about Putin’s “sensitive” comments?
Was your hero Putin sensitive to the feelings for those he ordered murdered?