#portnikov — Public Fediverse posts

#Portnikov sees #russian history, whatever the ideological colours of the current regime, as geared towards expansion - not for resources, but for its own sake. So, he asks, even after defeat and collapse, will they ever be able to stop?
https://www.uaportal.com/ukr/section-mixed/news-rossiya-strannaya-imperiya-sposobna-li-moskva-ostanovitsya-28-06-2026.html

russia needs unrestrained expansion to disguise its civilizational impotence, the inability to create anything of its own, the need to constantly imitate and steal

#empire #Portnikov #russia #Tribune #Ukraine #war #opinion

https://uatribune.com/en/russia-needs-unrestrained-expansion-to-disguise-its-civilizational-impotence-the-inability-to-create-anything-of-its-own-the-need-to-constantly-imitate-and-steal/

We will not see a russian president who is willing to kneel in Bucha. The problem is not putin, but the society that created him – Portnikov

#Bucha #history #Portnikov #putin #repentance #russia #Tribune #Ukraine #war

https://uatribune.com/en/we-will-not-see-a-russian-president-who-is-willing-to-kneel-in-bucha-the-problem-is-not-putin-but-the-society-that-created-him-portnikov/

Нагадаю про відео діалогу Портнікова з Латиніною.
Це просто БАЗА.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_MuTC3SCs

#portnikov #latynina #basa #ukraine #russia #RussiaIsATerroristState

A conversation well worth listening to not only because of #Portnikov|s sober look at the state of and incentives working around #Ukrainian - #russian negotiations - but because of the just epic voice of one of the hosts.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ehMQfsk7JTLiTEjdcevqE?si=DxDYS5qTSNehy33SRgDHwQ

#Portnikov here differentiates the relationships of #russia with #iran and #northkorea, with the former still working with rough considerations pertaining to precedent in int. relations while #kim is more aligned with #putin by their lack of restraint.
https://nv.ua/ukr/opinion/syurpriz-mizh-rosiyeyu-ta-iranom-portnikov-pro-te-de-pomilivsya-putin-50483748.html

#Putin has removed Army's #Gerasimov from command over #Kursk operation, installed #FSB's #Portnikov. This is great. Let me explain:
1) Russian system of power always set on the secret police over the Army. The Secret Police was over-financed over-empowered for centuries

🧵 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1822711723276804226.html

#Ukraine #Russia