Putin’s blunder will undoubtedly leave a big mark on Russia (Eastern Economic Forum, September 7, photo: representative photo/Archyde.com/Aflo)
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Prologue/Drifting Putin Russia
The ‘Putin Russia’, captained by Russian President V. Putin, 69, embarked on a compass-less voyage to an unknown destination, leaving Russia’s national strategy and energy policy adrift. .
It is currently unknown where the “Putin Russia”, which dreamed of reviving the former Soviet Union and sailed without a compass, will arrive and drift.
But the rats have already started to run away, like the first to escape from a sinking ship.
You might run out of food while drifting, and you might run aground or end up on a deserted island.
Like the battleship Bounty, it is possible that in the near future there will be a mutiny on board.
When Putin became the new Russian president in May 2000, his slogan wasBuilding a strong RussiaWhendictatorship of lawwas.
The Russian president changed from a weak President B. Yeltsin to a strong President Putin, and the Russian people had high hopes for the election of President Putin.
The author, who was stationed in Sakhalin (former Karafuto) at the time and engaged in the “Sakhalin-1” project on the ground, expected that Russia would change with the arrival of the new president.
Twenty-two years later, on February 24, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine.
as a result,Realizing Weak RussiaWhenpresidential personal dictatorshipPresident Putin has personally damaged Russia’s national interests.
What can I say about this other than the irony of history?
President Putin Destroys Russia’s National Interests
In this article, I would like to predict how President Putin is damaging Russia’s national interests, and what will happen to Russia in the future, using my dogmatic, prejudiced, and imaginative predictions.
I believe Putin crossed three Rubicons.
The first Rubicon is the Russian-Ukrainian border, the second Rubicon uses the natural gas pipeline (P/L) as a political tool, and the third Rubicon violates the laws of the Russian Federation by presidential decree. is.
For over 50 years, the former Soviet Union and the new Russian Federation have provided a stable supply of natural gas as reliable sources of natural gas for major European gas consumers.
But this is natural.For the former Soviet Union and the new Russian Federation, establishing a position as a reliable oil and gasnational interestThat was it.
However, Russian President Putin lost in a day the trust that the former Soviet Union and the new Russian Federation had built up over the past 50 years.
literally,”Fifty years since the castle was built, one day since it fell“have become.