Gelman now lives abroad, in Montenegro. However, the Russian regime also caught up with him abroad, last year on December 30 he was identified as a foreign agent. He was entered on the black list together with members of the punk band Pussy Riot and popular publicist Viktor Šenderovič. He openly admits that he did not expect it. Doesn’t what is happening in Russia now seem like an absurd theater to you? I mean the attack on Ukraine, the censorship, the calibration by a foreign agent that you didn’t miss either … If there was no logic in all this, you could say that it is absurd. But unfortunately, a clear logic in the steps of the Kremlin exists. We have not been able to predict the Russian attack on Ukraine, not because it is an absurd decision. But because we hoped that Putin would not act at the expense of the country, at the expense of the system itself. We did not believe that he was determined to do so, not because it went beyond logic, but because it would damage his own power. His government was virtually steadfast. Until the attack on Ukraine, many people believed that Putin would rule for decades to come. He attacked Ukraine and weakened his power. Therefore, there is a certain logic in what he does. Can you decipher Putin’s logic for us? In Putin, several worldviews are competing, which are crowned with resentment. The first view is to return to the empire. In this logic, it seeks to announce to the world that there is a zone of natural interest for Russia. A country neighboring Russia must share its sovereignty in the interests of this empire. This was reflected in the fact that Ukraine decided not only to take the Donbas, but wanted … This article is intended only for subscribers.
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