This is my first post in 2023 - so Happy New Year to everyone of my readers! As I try to do it myself, I'm wishing that everyone of us would remember that no matter what happens around us in this crazy world, personally we all have a lot of positive things to look forward to in 2023 - so may all, or at least most of them come true for you and for the people close to you.
Jan 17, 2023·edited Jan 17, 2023Liked by Stanley Sheppard
The theory that Putin is a Western plant isnt that convincing because presumably in that case Putin wouldn't have done anything different than Yeltsin what so ever. The 90s disintegration of Russia would have just rolled on but the brakes were pumped a bit after Putin became head of state. The theory that present day Putin isnt even real is possible but I kinda feel like if he died the Russians would have just buried him and said so without any elaborate conspiracy to trick people into thinking he is still alive.
The theory that Putin simply doesn't have much real authority of his own seems the most likely imo. Like Yeltsin he is just a go between/middle man for the Oligarchy and silovaks and he can't do anything without some consensus between those groups. The only significant difference between him and Yeltsin is that Putin has more sympathy for the silovaks and doesn't always try to give the liberal Oligarchs everything they want.
A very good example of this dynamic is Russias reaction to the events in Ukraine in 2014-15. Russia moved very fast and competently to secure crimea but than went on to cock block the LNR/DNR militias from winning too much on the battlefield and observed the minsk agreements which Ukraine constantly violated. This seems schizo but viewed as a compromise between the Oligarchy and silovaks it makes sense. The silovaks got crimea but the Oligarchs got the minsk agreements and a cessation of active combat on unfavorable terms for the LNR/DNR.
This of course doesn't mean the silovaks are good, they are just not interested in totally destroying russia because they need russia alive and somewhat strong because Russia is their source of influence and they keep their ill gotten gains in Russia more or less. Basically they are patriotic parasites who want to be real partners of the West whereas the Oligarchs are true rootless Cosmopolitan parasites who would happily be outright vassals if they made a few more dollars that way. Putin imo has no power to make unilateral decisions at all and has to get these 2 groups to come to some sort of arrangement before any real change of course is made by the Russian state. Maybe the price for partial mobilization of the army was giving up Kherson or something like that?
Hi Stanley, this is an excellent post. I watched the Putin video, focusing on his ears. He has a weird ridge below the ear openings on both ears which is consistent throughout the videos. Another anomaly is above the ear opening on the left ear. It is the same in '04 and '18. Because of that I conclude it's the same guy. He did put a bit of weight on his jowls.
"Putin is the most benevolent ruler of the 21st century so far and a very decent human being." Did you mean that seriously??! He absolutely is not! He is on board with the genocidal covid shots knowing he is decimating his own people, and is pursuing the population enslavement agenda coming from the world ruling class.
Thank you for this post. There are many on the dissident pro-Russia who are extremely unwilling to consider the possibility that Putin is a pro-globohomo puppet shill, such as Rolo Slavsky; he gets angry when confronted with this possibility. Sad!
Russia as the savior of western civilization is a cope at the moment. Strelkov and some bloggers like you, Edward Slavsquach and Anti-Empire have done a good job demonstrating the abject corruption of current Russian leaders, including and especially Putin; they have a state ruled by a combination of oligarchical (mostly Jewish) theifs and the security state. These leaders *do not* want to encourage Russian populism, which is part of the reason why the Russian security state has assassinated a *lot* of Donbass populists since the Maiden revolution, and it's why Russia is performing so listlessly in Ukraine. Putin is being slowly backed into a corner and may be forced, extremely reluctantly, to turn populist as Russian bodycounts rise to high levels, but it has not happened yet and he *really* doesn't want to do it.
Meanwhile fertility in Russia is extremely low, there is no "white nationalism" to speak of (Russia is not race conscious at all), abortion is legal, and despite the Eastern Orthodox Church being meme'd here in the west, actual Church attendance in Russia is abysmal and way, way lower than in the West. (On the plus side, Russia is anti-faggot).
Re: Putin himself, you are correct that he has a World Economic Forum puppet as the head of the Russian Central Bank. Also, he was onboard with implementing globohomo COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates and vaccine passports , he is hard at work advancing central bank digital currencies, and his initial rise within Russia was due to his support of the West and his willingness to let them pillage Russia. In my opinion he is simply a weak empty-vessel puppet for the Rothschild central bank owners of the world.
The extent of the subsidy is astonishing. It's treasonous in effect and maybe intent, too. It's hard for me to tell. The oligarchs are certainly happy to balkanize and immiserate all of Russia if it means they can go skiing in Switzerland. They have proven form on this.
The theory that Putin is a Western plant isnt that convincing because presumably in that case Putin wouldn't have done anything different than Yeltsin what so ever. The 90s disintegration of Russia would have just rolled on but the brakes were pumped a bit after Putin became head of state. The theory that present day Putin isnt even real is possible but I kinda feel like if he died the Russians would have just buried him and said so without any elaborate conspiracy to trick people into thinking he is still alive.
The theory that Putin simply doesn't have much real authority of his own seems the most likely imo. Like Yeltsin he is just a go between/middle man for the Oligarchy and silovaks and he can't do anything without some consensus between those groups. The only significant difference between him and Yeltsin is that Putin has more sympathy for the silovaks and doesn't always try to give the liberal Oligarchs everything they want.
A very good example of this dynamic is Russias reaction to the events in Ukraine in 2014-15. Russia moved very fast and competently to secure crimea but than went on to cock block the LNR/DNR militias from winning too much on the battlefield and observed the minsk agreements which Ukraine constantly violated. This seems schizo but viewed as a compromise between the Oligarchy and silovaks it makes sense. The silovaks got crimea but the Oligarchs got the minsk agreements and a cessation of active combat on unfavorable terms for the LNR/DNR.
This of course doesn't mean the silovaks are good, they are just not interested in totally destroying russia because they need russia alive and somewhat strong because Russia is their source of influence and they keep their ill gotten gains in Russia more or less. Basically they are patriotic parasites who want to be real partners of the West whereas the Oligarchs are true rootless Cosmopolitan parasites who would happily be outright vassals if they made a few more dollars that way. Putin imo has no power to make unilateral decisions at all and has to get these 2 groups to come to some sort of arrangement before any real change of course is made by the Russian state. Maybe the price for partial mobilization of the army was giving up Kherson or something like that?
Hi Stanley, this is an excellent post. I watched the Putin video, focusing on his ears. He has a weird ridge below the ear openings on both ears which is consistent throughout the videos. Another anomaly is above the ear opening on the left ear. It is the same in '04 and '18. Because of that I conclude it's the same guy. He did put a bit of weight on his jowls.
"Putin is the most benevolent ruler of the 21st century so far and a very decent human being." Did you mean that seriously??! He absolutely is not! He is on board with the genocidal covid shots knowing he is decimating his own people, and is pursuing the population enslavement agenda coming from the world ruling class.
Best, Jitka
Thank you for this post. There are many on the dissident pro-Russia who are extremely unwilling to consider the possibility that Putin is a pro-globohomo puppet shill, such as Rolo Slavsky; he gets angry when confronted with this possibility. Sad!
Russia as the savior of western civilization is a cope at the moment. Strelkov and some bloggers like you, Edward Slavsquach and Anti-Empire have done a good job demonstrating the abject corruption of current Russian leaders, including and especially Putin; they have a state ruled by a combination of oligarchical (mostly Jewish) theifs and the security state. These leaders *do not* want to encourage Russian populism, which is part of the reason why the Russian security state has assassinated a *lot* of Donbass populists since the Maiden revolution, and it's why Russia is performing so listlessly in Ukraine. Putin is being slowly backed into a corner and may be forced, extremely reluctantly, to turn populist as Russian bodycounts rise to high levels, but it has not happened yet and he *really* doesn't want to do it.
Meanwhile fertility in Russia is extremely low, there is no "white nationalism" to speak of (Russia is not race conscious at all), abortion is legal, and despite the Eastern Orthodox Church being meme'd here in the west, actual Church attendance in Russia is abysmal and way, way lower than in the West. (On the plus side, Russia is anti-faggot).
Re: Putin himself, you are correct that he has a World Economic Forum puppet as the head of the Russian Central Bank. Also, he was onboard with implementing globohomo COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates and vaccine passports , he is hard at work advancing central bank digital currencies, and his initial rise within Russia was due to his support of the West and his willingness to let them pillage Russia. In my opinion he is simply a weak empty-vessel puppet for the Rothschild central bank owners of the world.
The extent of the subsidy is astonishing. It's treasonous in effect and maybe intent, too. It's hard for me to tell. The oligarchs are certainly happy to balkanize and immiserate all of Russia if it means they can go skiing in Switzerland. They have proven form on this.
Hi Stanley, do you have an email (or throwaway email) one can contact you off-board? Thanks!
It seems to me that Putin also had cheek implants.