Highlights from Vladimir Putins speech in Crimea, which the first Western (anxious) reactions called conciliatory: 1. Ukraine is not just in chaos, but in “bloody chaos”--(chaos is as a rule a bloody affair with Hell) 2. It is also a major humanitarian catastrophe. 3. Putin has basically announced a new economic strategy: the emphasis will be now on the development of the domestic economy (rather than emphasizing foreign trade)--relying more on domestic resources and by boosting industrial and agricultural sectors. 4. This is part of what Putin also called internal consolidation and mobilization. 5. Part of this consolidation and mobilization requires also a new appraisal of the role Russia as a spiritual source (in relation to which the communist period behaved with its primitive materialism nihilistically). 6. The events in Crimea (and Donbass) require a real, serious and genuine reconciliation of the Reds and the Whites” (Putins own expression). 7. The defense of Crimea will be strengthened. 8. Putin acknowledged that Russia has been treated in insolent and tutorial manner, which should no longer be allowed. 9. The sanctions against Russia as part of the US-led destabilization of Ukraine and the resulting conflict has for its aim ensuring the global dominance of the United States. en.itar-tass/russia/744957
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:26:51 +0000
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