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Satire for Sanity
The same arrogant, self-righteous posturing from the West that fuelled the Ukraine war is now plunging Europe into recession
Sanctions have backfired twice over. They reinforce Putin’s message that the West seeks to destroy Russia, just as it did Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria. A strongman is all that stands between an independent Russia and servitude, Russians now believe.
And the sanctions have also confirmed to Russians how artful their president is. The West's economic pressure has made no impression on the rouble, while Europe heads into recession as Putin turns off the gas spigot. Doubtless Russians are cheering the West being force-fed its own medicine.
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Truth. You don't have to support Russia to see the reality of that.