All this here should go to the Russia politics thread
"Liberalism has outlived its purpose" — Putin
What an idiotic statement, liberalism has no other "purpose" than to give power to people. Instead to
dictators. Putin would like that of course, as would the chinese "leader".
They do all to take the power away from the people, regardless what so-called newspapers or websites or the media may say.
Of course, looking at the US and brexit, he has a point. Internationalism
can be destroyed, a fallback to the bad old times is possible anytime. Did the EU pocket England by force, like Russia did with Poland back then?
Translation from german:
" [...] The dismissal of the government and the changes of the basic constitutional law has caught Russians pants down. The political scientists have long tried to understand what was going on, but meanwhile it is quite obvious.
The process of the transfer of power has begun. Power is the holy grail in Russia, filled to the brim with the magic potion of omnipotence. The "transfer" of power will take place in 2024, from Putin to Putin, without wasting one drop of this holy grail.
What russian politics perform is master class in thimblerig. It does not matter where the ball is or which is its surname, the only important thing is that the hand of the player remains the same. Smokescreen genades are being fired, new names come up just like that, the "new" prime minister has worked in the treasury before.
The old prime minister will not be thrown overboard though, he will remain in the national security council as a substitute for the number two of the state.
Power remains in the hands of the former soviet secret police. They are the last of their breed. Such people are not created anymore, the works for the production of KGB-officers are wrecked, but the people with the narrow eyes and grey suits still hold the reigns of power firmly in their hands.
Russia is surrounded by enemies, populated by thieves, one should be ever so alert.
At one point 30 years ago they only left the room for a smoke, and immediately their state was gone, stolen, torn apart, betrayed and sold. This will not happen again, those officers think.
But maybe, just maybe, their time is running out."