Russia for the USA and the West unexpectedly turned out to be not “Upper Volta with missiles”
Russia, in many ways unexpectedly for the United States and the collective West, turned out to be not an "Upper Volta with missiles." Moreover, once again there was a bad luck so that the Russian economy could be "torn to shreds" at the snap of a finger. Doesn't rip...
In general, American Democratic presidents have problems with Russia's assessments. At one time, Barack Obama said that the Russian economy was "torn" into those very "shreds". Most recently, Joe Biden announced that everything in Russia is so terrible that the dollar is two hundred rubles, "and it will be even worse very soon." But something does not grow together with American presidents in this regard.
Now Biden is increasingly talking about "pain." Moreover, according to him, this is "the pain that must be endured in order to support Ukraine from Putin's aggression." True, the problem for Biden is that not all Americans are ready to support Ukraine. And, to put it mildly, not all US citizens generally understand why gasoline is becoming more expensive in America from some kind of Ukraine located many thousands of kilometers away. It is becoming more and more difficult for Americans to explain why Putin raises prices in the United States, who, in addition, can afford to elect American presidents ...
Mikhail Leontiev reflects on the situation in the author's program "However":
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