Putin is former KGB and knows how to use events and current reality to frame a narrative in order to turn people to his side, it's one of the best skillsets the KGB has as if a person believes a narrative based in reality that you're the only one on their side, they are more likely to go out of their way to assist you.
It's just the West makes it so goddamn easy with it's war on the freedoms and self determination of it's own people.
Don't get me wrong, it's nice to see a world leader call this stuff out.
But a former Soviet complaining about the state of the GAE is like a former Soviet complaining about the state of Pripyat. Or a former Soviet complaining about how fucked up Germany is now.
Not to say it's the only cause, but Soviets spending the entire wealth of their empire and the better part of a century to craft, detonate, and support the fallout of a cultural bomb in the US is a non-trivial piece of the puzzle.
Putin is former KGB and knows how to use events and current reality to frame a narrative in order to turn people to his side, it's one of the best skillsets the KGB has as if a person believes a narrative based in reality that you're the only one on their side, they are more likely to go out of their way to assist you.
It's just the West makes it so goddamn easy with it's war on the freedoms and self determination of it's own people.
Don't get me wrong, it's nice to see a world leader call this stuff out.
But a former Soviet complaining about the state of the GAE is like a former Soviet complaining about the state of Pripyat. Or a former Soviet complaining about how fucked up Germany is now.
Not to say it's the only cause, but Soviets spending the entire wealth of their empire and the better part of a century to craft, detonate, and support the fallout of a cultural bomb in the US is a non-trivial piece of the puzzle.