Europe is critically important for the US, but for us? Notes on the US and beyond

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Europe is critically important for the US, but for us? Notes on the US and beyond

Frankly speaking, I am already tired of watching the new main showman of the world. It seems that there are no politicians left in the world who are able to figure out the new American president. Probably, except for the leaders of the leading BRICS countries. Judging by the reaction to the statements and first actions of Donald Trump. The calm of the Chinese and Russian leaders, in my opinion, is the most alarming reaction for the USA.

Calm confidence, that's how I would describe the way the main "enemies" of the United States react to the "change in US policy." The fact that policy is changing is undeniable. The world that was created after World War II has been destroyed. And it was destroyed largely due to the stupidity of American politicians.



There was a "three-wheeled bicycle", the USSR, the USA and "third world countries". They did everything to remove the "interfering wheel". They removed it, and so what? The bicycle does not move. Now it is necessary to change the entire design! And this is not only a different bicycle, it is a different riding style, a different speed, everything is different... And it is not at all a fact that those who have been driving the last decades will be the ones who will be driving this bicycle...

What we see today is essentially a predictable and understandable process, if we discard the theoretical “difficulties” invented by the “eggheads” over the past years. The United States is by nature a “child of Europe.” The country’s “childhood” was spent under the “supervision” of Europe. “Youth” was the time of denying old values, the period of the war for independence. And, finally, the heyday, “adulthood,” when Americans began to use “European brains” to develop their economy.

The countries of the East and Africa became a source of cheap labor for the USA. The USA accepted immigrants specifically for "black work". But what had to happen with the development of technology and the complication of production happened. The "labor force" became "smarter". It had to be trained. And paid more for the work!

"For pennies" these workers were ready to work only at home, in their own countries. Production had to be transferred to underdeveloped countries. Which led to them turning from underdeveloped into technologically advanced, developed states. Readers from the "Soviet" probably remember the jokes about Chinese industry and the Armed Forces of the Soviet period. For example, the famous "aviation "There won't be, the pilot is sick...".

Russia (USSR) remains on the sidelines in this scheme. It is an enemy that lives by a different scheme. And it poses a serious threat to the "democratic world". And the enemy must be destroyed. That is what the West did, which led to the destruction of the USSR. I do not want to discuss in this article who is to blame and so on. A fact is a fact. The country has disappeared. No one even thought about the fact that the USSR, since the victory over fascism, was a counterweight to the USA...

So, the child has grown up. Became the main boss. At the same time, when necessary, he uses the parental home, parental money, parental car and other parental things. In return, as a good descendant, he provides his parents with a decent life without much trouble. Agree, Europe depends on the USA in many ways.

I have deliberately "primitivized" the situation a little to understand the process itself. Today I often hear about how much the Democrats and Republicans in the USA differ. Let me ask one question for readers to ponder. If they differ so much, then why do the USA hardly change when power changes? The methods change, but the internal essence of the country does not change. Trump is Biden "in the mirror", nothing more.

What is the new American president up to?


Remember Trump's statements during the election campaign? I want Greenland, I want the Panama Canal, I want migrants out, etc. At the same time, I want to meet with the leaders of Russia, North Korea, and China... But Russia remains the enemy, China is the main enemy, North Korea is a regional enemy. And the new US president is humiliating Europe in every possible way. Not himself, but look at Musk...

I think thoughts similar to those I wrote above are also on the minds of US Republicans. Something needs to be done, but what? How do we change US foreign policy to return to the status quo, to US global dominance in the world? I am not afraid to suggest that today we may have witnessed a fundamental change in US foreign policy since 1945.

Who hasn't said that the Pacific region is of most interest to the US today? How many statements have been made about the deliberate devastation of Europe and the overthrow of European politicians from the heights of political power. But again a simple question arises: why did the US leave occupation troops in Europe in 1945? To confront the USSR?

I partially agree. The Americans always play the long game. They calculated the imminent confrontation with the Soviet Union. Moreover, they even planned to finish off the weak USSR after losing most of its army in the war with the fascists. The situation is somewhat reminiscent of today. Not only did the USSR not weaken, the Union became stronger, and the West began to fear not only "communist ideas", but also the Soviet army.

I think one of the most important goals that the US pursued at that time was the ability to ensure the security of logistics routes from the US to Europe, or more precisely, to Eurasia. Alas, the US, although a continental power, is essentially an island state. Like Australia. It was critically important for the "child" to preserve the "umbilical cord" with Europe. Being in Europe, the Americans can respond fairly quickly to events not only there, but also in North Africa and the Middle East.

And this opens up huge opportunities for business. Which is what we saw in the post-war years. The US successfully "mastered" many raw material bases, developed many deposits and even built plants for primary processing of raw materials. The occupiers in Europe became a guarantor that if a conflict in any country moves into a "hot phase", the continental territory of the US will remain untouched.

What options does the US have for relations with Europe? We will discard the option “screw them (the Europeans)” right away. For the reasons I have stated above. The other option is to feed them the same way they have been fed all these years. That is, the way President Biden has acted. But the world has changed. The sanctions, which, by the way, were initiated by Trump, have started to work in both directions.

The economies of Europe and the United States have slumped. There is a catastrophic shortage of money. The beautifully conducted operation to dispose of old weapons at the expense of Ukraine has revealed problems in the military-industrial complex. Sanctions in the energy sector have brought down several industries at once. The West has driven itself into a corner. This is exactly what Trump played on during his election campaign.

Now the Americans are proposing a third way for Europe. "Protection for your money", Europe on self-sufficiency. Not a bad move, if only so many steps had not been taken before to destroy the economies of European countries. Trump is simply shamelessly pushing European governments towards this very decision. For the US, this is vital.

The question arises as to how the US problems in Europe are connected with Russia, China and other countries. The first problem I mentioned above. America cannot allow hostile countries to control European and Eurasian resources. In this regard, the fight against Moscow is more or less successful for Washington. And with Beijing?

Here we come to the question that many people have about the main enemy of the USA. China's influence in Europe and other regions is growing. And this means that the "democratic world" according to American rules is losing its positions not only in politics, but also in military terms. As American political scientists say, the global balance of power is being destroyed. The one in which the USA alone could confront the whole world.

There is another factor that everyone knows about, but few pay attention to. Remember the laughter that was caused by reports of NATO countries participating in military operations in various countries? For example, the participation of the Estonian army in the fight against the Houthis today. The armed forces of this country are represented in the Red Sea by... one person!

On the one hand, it's funny, but on the other hand, given the low intensity of the conflict, this one sailor gives the alliance the opportunity to declare the support of many European countries for their operation. But that's not even the main thing. Such support allows the US to free up its units to participate in other conflicts.

Thus, the new American president clearly shows by his actions that, despite Europe's decline, the importance of European countries for the geostrategic interests of the United States is quite high. Moreover, if you listen to some politicians from Trump's team, control over Europe is critically important for America's security.

Russia must show its "teeth"


What should we do? How should we respond to the actions and statements of the Americans, which concern not only the current state of affairs, but also our stories? I think many people were shocked by Trump's latest statement about the US victory in World War II and only helping the USSR. This is not illiteracy. This is a clearly calculated move, taking into account the illiteracy of Americans and Europeans. After all, the liberation of Auschwitz by Ukrainians and Americans "went well"...

The year 2025 is significant because it is an anniversary year. 80 years of Victory. A great reason to conduct a historical educational campaign for Europe and the USA. For example, it is worth recalling the old Soviet-American documentary film "The Unknown War" and other similar works.

It is important to understand that statements like "60 million dead USSR citizens" are not just that. This is a new version of the thesis "Russians win wars by littering the battlefield with the corpses of their soldiers." Only this version is not about the Second World War, it is a version about Ukraine, about the allegedly killed 800 thousand Russian soldiers. These are the connections that can be traced today...

But it is even more important to "show teeth" in relation to NATO. It seems to me that Russia should clearly state the sphere of its interests in Europe and in the world. The countries of the alliance declared control over the Baltic in violation of international treaties, the Baltic Fleet should receive a public order to destroy the pirates (according to these treaties) immediately. And in the case of "retaliation" - the destruction of the pirate bases.

Stop "looking in the mouth" of Trump and other politicians. We must create a security system for our country ourselves. If we are a great power, then we must act as such a power. Yes, it will be tough. Perhaps even with blood. But if we create our security system taking into account the opinion of those same American presidents, then, as recent history has shown, as soon as we are allowed to create this system, it will be destroyed...

Alas, the SVO and what is happening in the world today show some discrepancy between our state and the new conditions. Russia is changing. The Russian state is changing. Great Russia and post-Soviet Russia are different countries. Perhaps it is time to realize this and understand that life is movement not only for a person, but also for the country...
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  1. 0
    29 January 2025 05: 27
    Humanitarian organizations such as the League of Nations and the UN were formed after humanity lost millions of lives. And each of them gradually turned into a bureaucratic structure. There is a struggle for a new world order. Everyone understands how this may end, but the movement in this direction continues. Now much attention is paid to words. But all words are aimed at exacerbation. And in no way at smoothing out the conflict. This is a snowball that will roll and lead a person from an industrial society to a natural economy.
  2. +8
    29 January 2025 05: 44
    If we are a great power
    If we are a Great Power, then at least we shouldn’t buy used planes abroad and hang a plaque to Mannerheim, and then hide it from outraged citizens in a local museum and swear in the White House that we will be loyal assistants to the USA in the fight against communism and bless America, they remember that.
  3. +3
    29 January 2025 06: 08
    Quote: Alexander Staver
    It feels like there are no politicians left in the world who can figure out the next American president.
    One comrade Kim smiles mysteriously at how the world is changing. He doesn't give a damn who the president of America is and what policy he will pursue. This is who the leaders of all countries should follow as an example wink
  4. +4
    29 January 2025 06: 10
    But it is even more important to “show teeth” in relation to NATO.

    It is much more important to have teeth.
    Here Columbia showed its teeth to Trump. Showed them for an hour and a half...
    1. +6
      29 January 2025 06: 12
      Here Colombia showed its teeth to Trump.
      Trump discovered caries.. Yes
  5. -1
    29 January 2025 07: 24
    Europe is critically important for the US, but for us? Notes on the US and beyond

    In the state that the EU and the US are in today, they are even harmful to each other, because they are destroying their own economies, spending huge amounts of money on establishing legalized slavery in countries from which they want to receive goods and services for free (or for a small tip).
    We are fixated not on equal cooperation, but on sales markets, in order to push higher and buy cheaper. This always happens with the speculative nature of the economy.
    Today, Russian nouveau riche need the EU and the US to regain rights to the real estate and assets they had “snagged” there; before that, they had used these countries as a secret piggy bank.
    The clumsy idea of ​​human nature imposed on us by Europe and the US did not suit many in Russia (and not only). We also did not accept the humiliation of sanctions and political intrigues and moved to Asia and the south.
    The only thing that the Russian leadership does not want to take into account is that for the world there is no big difference between European and American capitalists and capitalists from Russia. The whole problem is who will give more. The exception is the countries that were friends with Russia during the Soviet period.
    That is why Russia continues to support the EU economy, supplying resources and increasing the capital of their owners... Whether the Russian people need this is a big question. Because the developed economy of Europe gives more weapons to our enemies - the Nazis of Ukraine, and they, in turn, more often launch attack drones on Russian regions and kill more of our soldiers and civilians...
    So decide for yourself whether to believe the fairy tales that only trade in resources with the EU can give us money to create production and develop science, education, medicine and weapons.
    hi
    1. +2
      29 January 2025 08: 15
      Quote: yuriy55
      This is why Russia continues to support the EU economy by supplying resources and increasing the capital of their owners... Whether the Russian people need this is a big question.

      Can you answer the question, what funds should be used to buy everything that surrounds you? You need currency, but where can you get it? No one will sell it to you for rubles on the world market.
      1. -4
        29 January 2025 09: 55
        Bolshevism is the essence of Russian civilization.

        Quote: Puncher
        Nobody will sell it to you for rubles on the world market.

        This will happen until we start selling our goods for rubles.
        Putin has spoken about this many times. His orders are being openly sabotaged. What to do? Change the elite, and this process is already underway.

        ps
        Up to 90% of SCO countries trade with each other, including in rubles.
      2. 0
        29 January 2025 10: 04
        Quote: Puncher
        Can you answer the question, what funds should be used to acquire everything that surrounds you?

        I don't see the point in answering you, because nothing convinces such people... Many years ago, Putin talked about the transition from a raw materials economy to production, and about offshore companies, and about personal income tax for the rich, and the result was 6 terms, 60-65 years of pension, 60% capital repairs, MS-21 by 2030 and a bunch of friends and acquaintances who are "bad, very bad" in production, and "golden hands" in speculation...
        Quote: Puncher
        You need currency, but where can you get it? No one will sell it to you for rubles on the world market.

        Do you know why it was decided to sell gas for rubles? What's the use of the currency that is available? No one will invest it in Russian production, it is impossible to buy anything useful with it, and the banks will have enough of what they have for speculation...
        1. +1
          29 January 2025 20: 54
          Quote: yuriy55
          Once upon a time many years ago
          i.e. do you realize that the raw materials economy is forever?
          Quote: yuriy55
          What's the use of the existing currency?

          The available currency received from the sale of resources and other is almost everything that surrounds you. All of this was purchased for currency abroad. In the form of finished products, in the form of raw materials or equipment.
          If the speculator Vasya does not have currency, he will not bring a cell phone from China for your daughter. As a specific example. If the capitalist does not have currency, he will not be able to buy spare parts for his machine made in Austria. The machine will stop and will not make composite wings for the MS-21. As a specific example. You do realize that industrial equipment requires a lot of consumables that need to be purchased from the manufacturer? And the software update without which the machine complex will turn into a pile of iron? Rubles are useless here.
      3. +1
        29 January 2025 10: 38
        Quote: Puncher
        Can you answer the question, what funds should be used to acquire everything that surrounds you?

        Excuse me, but another question has arisen: why should everything that surrounds us be imported and for foreign currency? Well, okay, the aviation and automobile industries are apparently too complicated for domestic leaders/effective managers, so let there be Boeings/Airbuses and Chinese Moskvichs, but are children's pencils and hair clippers also too complicated for the domestic industry? And nail clippers, excuse the details, why are they imported, and LED bulbs, etc.? So maybe it's worth producing more at home, then so much foreign currency won't be needed for import, then less hydrocarbons can be sent to the camp of geopolitical "partners/opponents" (the elites know better)..?
        1. +1
          29 January 2025 11: 45
          Quote: Doccor18
          Well, okay, the aviation and automobile industries are probably too complicated for domestic leaders/effective managers, so let them be Boeings/Airbuses and Chinese Moskvichs, but are children's pencils and hair clippers also too complicated for the domestic industry? And nail clippers, excuse the details, why are they imported, while LED bulbs, etc.?

          We will have to close the border with China and introduce prohibitive duties, because it will always be cheaper there, and now it is of higher quality, not like in the West, but better than ours, therefore, a private trader will bring from the Middle Kingdom. How do you think China will react to the introduction of duties? What will happen to our import substitution? Thanks to the wise and unchanging peace-loving policy of the Kremlin, we no longer have a choice which side of the fence to fall on. We can tell readers for a long time about the countries of the "global south", but in fact there are only two global powers, one larger - the West, the other smaller - China, and it is far from certain that after Xi's departure, they will not come to an agreement.
          1. +2
            29 January 2025 12: 33
            Quote: Skif3216
            because it will always be cheaper there

            And why not?
            Is it warmer there? Well, Krasnodar Krai and Astrakhan are not tundra either...
            Is production cheaper there? Well, the Chinese now have higher salaries than we do...
            Is there a more progressive legislation and tax system there? What prevents us from implementing something similar here?
            We have, among other things, our own hydrocarbons, iron ore and coal, and excess water, and many other things that China has to import at world prices.
            So why are their pencils cheaper (after all, they also buy wood, including from us)???
            1. 0
              29 January 2025 21: 09
              Quote: Doccor18
              And why not?

              In China they shoot for corruption, but here kickbacks are included in the price of goods.
        2. +3
          29 January 2025 21: 04
          Quote: Doccor18
          Why should everything that surrounds us be imported and sold in foreign currency?

          It shouldn't be, but in fact it is. This is the harsh objective reality given to us in sensation.
          You can exclaim "How did this happen!", but what's the point? When you buy screws for your dacha, you don't think about who made them and how, but they were made in the Russian Federation, but on a machine from Taiwan. This machine was not bought for rubles, and spare parts for it are not bought for rubles. You can't do without foreign currency.
          1. -1
            29 January 2025 21: 15
            Quote: Puncher
            When you buy screws for your summer house, you don’t think about who made them and how, but they were made in the Russian Federation, but on a machine from Taiwan

            The saddest thing is that I think they were made not here, but in Shenzhen...
            Quote: Puncher
            You can exclaim, “How did this happen?”, but what’s the point?

            Yeah, it's not much use...
            1. +1
              30 January 2025 06: 16
              Quote: Doccor18
              that I think that they were made not here, but in Shenzhen

              Yes, there are still many domestic manufacturers. But the equipment is not domestic. And it is not eternal.
              Quote: Doccor18
              Yeah, it's not much use...

              Therefore, whether you like it or not, you have to sell your resources.
        3. -1
          29 January 2025 21: 12
          Quote: Doccor18
          Excuse me, but another question has arisen: why should everything that surrounds us be imported and sold in foreign currency?

          The secondary complex, according to which only the Western can be of high quality, and ours is complete, then there is censorship.
          1. -1
            29 January 2025 21: 18
            Quote: guest
            The secondary complex, according to which only the Western can be of high quality, and ours is complete, further

            Well, don't say that, everything is learned through comparison and practice. Power tools - I agree 100%, and regarding clothes and shoes - we can, if we want, a very high-quality product.
            1. +1
              29 January 2025 21: 23
              Quote: Doccor18
              Well don't tell

              You misunderstood me, following this secondary complex, everything Western is automatically considered the best, and ours, the rest is clear. This is a rather subjective opinion that has settled in the minds of many of our citizens.
              1. -2
                29 January 2025 21: 45
                Quote: guest
                This is a rather subjective opinion that has taken root in the minds of many of our citizens.

                Well, not out of nowhere? Not only thanks to foreign propaganda. Precisely on subjectivity. If a domestic screwdriver died after two years, and a German one works for seven years without any complaints... But Russian jackets and boots are worn for years, tested, no complaints, only praise... After all, everything is in our hands. You can spend a lot on advertising, but if the product is crap, then the funds for promotion are unlikely to pay off.
                1. 0
                  29 January 2025 21: 47
                  Quote: Doccor18
                  But Russian jackets and boots are worn perfectly for years, tested, no complaints, only praise...

                  I agree, but despite this fact, the majority still prefer foreign equivalents here.
  6. +1
    29 January 2025 07: 41
    Reading the US media I came across an interesting thought by Trvmp, EU, you think that you are united - no and again no. I will unite you in my own way. There is no need for each of you to have your own logistics, there will be a maximum of several companies in Europe, but they will be united for the American ones.
    1. +1
      29 January 2025 08: 03
      It is very difficult to quote Trump from memory. Therefore, I am simplifying. I will unite you as I want. American banks will unite you into a certain state - SESHA, where "E" is Europe. American banks understood which way the wind was blowing and understood long ago - money would be needed for Trump's project. And quickly everyone left Biden's global project - energy must be "green". Earlier, even before the elections, Trump said - green energy is the scam of the century. Which led the Europeans into indescribable despondency. And so yes, the USA has excellent relations with the EU and England. Like in that joke when two students are doing lab work, what will happen to a fly if you tear off all its legs one by one, they tore them off, the fly does not move. Conclusion - the fly lost its hearing. laughing
  7. 0
    29 January 2025 08: 05
    Yes, it will be tough. Maybe even bloody.
    - Give the author a rifle already, let him start an attack on Brussels.
  8. 0
    29 January 2025 08: 08
    Russia must show its "teeth"
    There would be something to show..
    Great Russia and post-Soviet Russia are different countries.

    What kind of Great Russia is this, what time period: Peter the Great, Anna Ivanovna, Elizabeth, Catherine, Alexander the First, Second, Third, Nicholas Russia...
    If we compare with the USSR, then yes, the countries are completely different, the USSR was the first in many ways, the first to master peaceful nuclear energy, launched the first satellite, man, built an orbital station... And what is post-Soviet Russia the first in?
    1. -5
      29 January 2025 08: 54
      All power to the Councils of People's Deputies!color]

      Quote: kor1vet1974
      And what is post-Soviet Russia first in?

      Are you trying to compare the independent state of the USSR with colonial Russia?

      A colony cannot be ahead of the metropolis.
      The flag of a given state determines its status in the hierarchy of states:
      https://vp-sssr.ru/download/works/14/gosudarstvennye-simvoly-i-gosudarstvennyi-suverenitet.pdf

      And yet our economy is the first in Europe and the fourth in the world. We can be proud of this.
      Our supersonic weapon is the fastest in the world. We can be proud of it.
      Waste-free nuclear reactors that no one else has. That's something to be proud of.

      If there is a desire, then there will always be something to be proud of in your country, but if not, then, as they say, a pig will find dirt everywhere.

      Every day the issue of changing the colonial Constitution imposed on us by the USA becomes more acute. Only by changing the Basic Law will all the others, which bind our development hand and foot, be changed. It is a great pity that the Duma deputies of all convocations refuse to adopt the Law "On the Constitutional Assembly". Only the Constitutional Assembly can make changes to Chapters 1, 2 and 9 of the Constitution, and if desired, adopt a completely new one.
      1. +3
        29 January 2025 10: 11
        Quote: Boris55
        Only by changing the Basic Law will all the others that bind our development hand and foot be changed.

        Father Onufriy was very angry - come to your senses, Olga...
        Here, one very old chairman of the Constitutional Court considered the introduction of hundreds of amendments to the Constitution to be legal, and linked the lifting of the moratorium on the death penalty with the replacement of the Constitution... Don't you think that this is from the evil one?
        Until the election system changes, Putin's party, United Russia, will win, and it will vote as ordered from above, because there are VERY FEW people's (real people's) deputies there!!!
        1. -6
          29 January 2025 10: 31
          Quote: yuriy55
          Putin's party - United Russia

          The chairman of the party "There is no money, but you hold on" - United Russia, is Medvedev.

          * In 2001, Putin creates EP from three parties. It was immediately overrun by the Trotskyists.
          * In 2012, Putin creates a new structure of the ONF and goes to the polls. It was immediately overrun by the Trotskyists.
          * In the last elections, Putin is running as an independent and the people supported him.

          If United Russia were Putin’s party, then he would have no need to create new structures before the elections and then abandon them.

          Quote: yuriy55
          she will vote as ordered from above,

          And her chairman will order her - DAM. Party discipline has not been abolished.
          1. +1
            29 January 2025 11: 16
            Quote: Boris55
            If United Russia were Putin’s party, then he would have no reason to create new structures before the elections and then abandon them.

            If United Russia were not Putin's party, then elections would not be held for three days, the "Against all" column would not be excluded, and, most importantly, DAM would remain the head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma, not giving way to Vladimir Vasiliev, and Putin would not have appointed him Deputy Chairman of the Security Council...
      2. -1
        29 January 2025 11: 18
        "And yet our economy is first in Europe and fourth in the world." It's somehow shameful to be proud of such first place. It is occupied not by the country's successes in the economy, but by the "work" of American presidents who destroyed their competitors in Europe. And we are not America's competitors in the economy.
  9. 0
    29 January 2025 09: 25
    Workers of the whole country, unite!

    Quote: A. Staver
    Great Russia and post-Soviet Russia are different countries.

    You are right - these are completely different states with different concepts of life and social structure.

    - Tsarist Russia - For 300 years the Romnovs did not allow the people and the country to develop. For 300 years Russia was an agrarian country. 85% of the population were peasants, at best with three classes of church parish...
    - The USSR under Trotsky - civil war, terror against the people.
    - The USSR under Stalin - industrialization of the country. "We must do in 10 years" what the Romanovs did not allow us to do for 300 years...
    - The post-Stalin USSR is a gradual return to capitalism.
    - Russia 90 - the triumph of the Trotskyists. The genocide of the people continued (a million a year).
    - Russia under Putin - the restoration of the USSR on new principles is underway. Russia has become a subject of World politics.
    1. +5
      29 January 2025 10: 15
      Quote: Boris55
      - Russia under Putin - the restoration of the USSR on new principles is underway. Russia has become a subject of World politics.

      While the number of oligarchs (official billionaires) is growing in Russia, resources belonged to the bourgeoisie, and the country has 319 banks + the Central Bank headed by the proposed Nabiullina, it is premature to talk about any new principles for restoring the USSR.
      1. -2
        29 January 2025 10: 37
        All power to the Soviets of People's Deputies!

        Quote: yuriy55
        It is premature to talk about any new principles for restoring the USSR.

        The process has already begun. The pro-Western and pro-oligarchic elite is being replaced by a pro-Russian one.

        HSE - prepares management elite in the interests of the West
        Senezh - prepares the management elite in the interests of local oligarchs.
        Time of Heroes - prepares the management elite in the interests of Russia.
        1. +1
          29 January 2025 11: 19
          Quote: Boris55
          The process has already begun.

          It is a pity only - to live in this wonderful time
          I don’t have to - neither to me, nor to you.
          1. -2
            29 January 2025 11: 36
            All power to the Soviets of People's Deputies!

            Quote: yuriy55
            It is a pity only - to live in this wonderful time
            I don’t have to - neither to me, nor to you.

            The sequence of tasks that Putin solved:
            - prevented the collapse of Russia;
            - filled the budget with money;
            - resolved the issue of food security;
            - provided jobs, we have the lowest unemployment in the world;
            - revived the army, increasing its numbers from 200 thousand to 2 million;
            It is impossible to change the order in which these problems are solved.

            The task set for this presidential term is to change the elite and it will be accomplished. In the next presidential term, we will see radical changes.
            1. +1
              29 January 2025 12: 24
              Quote: Boris55
              The task set for this presidential term is to change the elite and it will be accomplished. In the next presidential term, we will see radical changes.

              I don't believe it!!! You read:
              Quote: yuriy55
              Once, many years ago, Putin talked about the transition from a raw materials economy to production, and about offshore companies, and about personal income tax for the rich, and the result was 6 terms, 60-65 years of pension, 60% capital repairs, MS-21 by 2030 and a bunch of friends and acquaintances who are “bad, very bad” in production, and “golden hands” in speculation...

              What other example can I give you?
              Maximum personal income tax in China - The personal income tax rate in China can vary from 3% to 45%; in Russia - 22%
              VAT in China is up to 13%; in Russia - 20%...
              Why does the buyer pay VAT in retail trade? Because it is convenient for the state? But wouldn't it be more convenient to remove it altogether, to allow high-tech products to be promoted to the market? I can't even imagine how much cheaper weapons and uniforms would become if this VAT were to disappear, if preferential tariffs were to appear for state-owned manufacturers.
              Sales tax in the USA is 15%...
              * * *
              The number of dollar billionaires from Russia has risen above 125...
              The combined wealth of Russia's richest entrepreneurs has increased by $2024 billion since the beginning of 26,274...
              In total, the BBI rating includes the 500 richest people in the world. Currently, it includes 25 Russian citizens, their total wealth as of November 1 is 355,33 billion dollars, and the total wealth has exceeded 550 billion dollars...
        2. +4
          29 January 2025 11: 22
          Somehow I seriously doubt that the new officials will be better than the old ones. Man is weak, there are too many temptations.
          1. -3
            29 January 2025 11: 38
            All power to the Soviets of People's Deputies!

            Quote: papas-57
            Man is weak, there are too many temptations.

            Not everyone will overcome the ringing of copper pipes, but there will be those who can cope with it.

            That's all for now. Thanks for chatting. hi
          2. -1
            29 January 2025 12: 28
            Quote: papas-57
            Man is weak, there are too many temptations.

            This is true, when there is no idea and moral incentives, like with the same D.M. Karbyshev, then you can be tempted by two million in a shopping bag... Ulyukaev will not let you lie...
          3. 0
            30 January 2025 19: 55
            "A weak man has many temptations." And what are the laws for? Well, then why did the president give Belousov enormous powers to deal not only with restoring order in his ministry (identifying corrupt officials), but also in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?
  10. +1
    29 January 2025 12: 38
    After the first paragraph I decided to look at the author, and I was right)
  11. -2
    29 January 2025 19: 35
    The previous and recent elections in the United States demonstrated a split within the so-called deep state, at least on some issues:
    1. The battle between an influential IT group and Fed shareholders for control of the financial system
    2. Conflict of interests between the US (whose main goal is China) and the EU (whose priority is victory on the battlefield and decolonization of the Russian Federation)
    The victory of the elephants means the strengthening of the positions of the IT group in the deep state and the inevitable formation of a multipolar world order in the form of three world centers: the USA-China-EU and several regional ones, the relations between which will shape world politics.
  12. 0
    30 January 2025 14: 06
    Regarding the lack of money in the US and Europe - I will argue with the author. This is definitely not the main factor. The former can simply print the missing amount. The main thing here is not to get carried away, like bidonchik and his team - they printed too much and the cost of borrowing soared to 5% per annum. From 2% in literally two or three years. Reprinted. This is not the case in Europe, the rates remain low, but they print theirs (the euro) more carefully. No, it is not a question of running out of money. They have it. And another bonus - 300 billion and more of our frozen ones. They also work for them. Here, it is rather different. Nationalists versus globalists. This is the basis of what is happening.
  13. 0
    30 January 2025 14: 12
    Yes, we must. We must accelerate our economy to the point where we will be equal to the tasks set. Quite sensibly set, it should be noted. On the one hand, our economy is really big. On the other... Well, in general, everything is clear. It has been described a million times.
    We can't handle it. Despite everything we have, we can't handle the economy at the required level. As usual, we have mountains of any resources... except for management.
    1. 0
      30 January 2025 19: 44
      What does "mountains of any resources... except management" mean?
      Mountains of any PROBLEMS, including management ones?
      1. +1
        31 January 2025 08: 18
        We don't have specialists in managing complex economic processes. We have greedy capitalists, they are not very smart officials, but there are no masters of management. It is not difficult to get by in a world where there is a terrible shortage of energy resources. This is what it means
  14. 0
    30 January 2025 19: 39
    I just listened to Dmitry Drobnitsky's "War, AI and Repressions", posted 1 hour ago. And there the Americanist reported that the American President Trump is replacing government officials (he replaced seven state prosecutors who had previously opened criminal cases against him), literally by the tens of thousands. I wish we could replace them too, maybe not thousands, but at least hundreds, while getting rid of the "fifth column" (liberals). Or is it hard for the president to do this? Or am I really missing something and in too much of a hurry?
    But in my opinion, such a moment has come.
  15. 0
    1 February 2025 14: 06
    Russia must show its "teeth"

    But how? So far, Russian ships have not been detained in the Baltic. Our ship was sunk in the Mediterranean? What and how is unclear. What in response: obviously, a ship with oil should be sunk incomprehensibly, preferably off the coast of the Netherlands-Britain. But these are not "teeth". This is a fist from afar, like "the Englishwoman is shitting". The best teeth are a strike with TNW on the bridges across the Western Bug closer to the Ukrainian coast. Such a strike would be advantageous. Logistics are disrupted, and not for one day. No one attacked NATO countries - so there are no reasons for a third world war. At the same time, the West will think: this means Russia will no longer move the red lines.