This is old, and a lot has changed, but I couldn't help but respond to this disingenuous post.
" 'Benevolent dictators', like Soeharto," ... "Putin similarly turned things around in Russia" .... In 2020 GDP per capita in Russia was level with 2007 - 13 years later, no lasting growth. Between 2010 and 2020 median income fell 35%. He's al…
This is old, and a lot has changed, but I couldn't help but respond to this disingenuous post.
" 'Benevolent dictators', like Soeharto," ... "Putin similarly turned things around in Russia" .... In 2020 GDP per capita in Russia was level with 2007 - 13 years later, no lasting growth. Between 2010 and 2020 median income fell 35%. He's alienated most of the developed world. You're right - he's been great.
As for Ukraine's thriving democracy before 2014. What a funny point you chose to pick. The Maidan was the SECOND time the people of Ukraine had to rise up to overthrow the SAME Kremlin backed president. Literally, this guy had already been tossed in a revolution once before. And got back in power. So yeah, all was roses before Maidan you're right. What exactly was wrong with Zelenskyys election? Please, elaborate on how much worse it was than when they elected a guy they had to revolt to throw off a few years before.
Any conversation of democracy in Ukraine or anywhere in the ex-Soviet republics is scarred by the manner in which Russia continues to treat them as satellite states. As long as Russia feels it is their right to determine who is president of other sovereign nations, and uses their military to do so, you will not have true democracy.
The roots of Ukraine's political crises are not domestic. Never have been. The Russian language stuff is nonsense - they LITERALLY HAVE A RUSSIAN SPEAKING PRESIDENT (Zelensky). The genocide claims have never once been backed with any public presentation of evidence - just "Trust me bro" from people who break their word constantly.
This is old, and a lot has changed, but I couldn't help but respond to this disingenuous post.
" 'Benevolent dictators', like Soeharto," ... "Putin similarly turned things around in Russia" .... In 2020 GDP per capita in Russia was level with 2007 - 13 years later, no lasting growth. Between 2010 and 2020 median income fell 35%. He's alienated most of the developed world. You're right - he's been great.
As for Ukraine's thriving democracy before 2014. What a funny point you chose to pick. The Maidan was the SECOND time the people of Ukraine had to rise up to overthrow the SAME Kremlin backed president. Literally, this guy had already been tossed in a revolution once before. And got back in power. So yeah, all was roses before Maidan you're right. What exactly was wrong with Zelenskyys election? Please, elaborate on how much worse it was than when they elected a guy they had to revolt to throw off a few years before.
Any conversation of democracy in Ukraine or anywhere in the ex-Soviet republics is scarred by the manner in which Russia continues to treat them as satellite states. As long as Russia feels it is their right to determine who is president of other sovereign nations, and uses their military to do so, you will not have true democracy.
The roots of Ukraine's political crises are not domestic. Never have been. The Russian language stuff is nonsense - they LITERALLY HAVE A RUSSIAN SPEAKING PRESIDENT (Zelensky). The genocide claims have never once been backed with any public presentation of evidence - just "Trust me bro" from people who break their word constantly.
You have to identify the problem to solve it.