Having gained a sweeping victory in the Russian polls, President Vladimir Putin extended the encroaching war in Ukraine with tough communication to the West. Although the risk of a straight NATO/Russia clash became the main concern, he stressed that the Kremlin would never step back and recover its national interests.
Now addressing the shelling incidents originating across the border, Putin exclaimed that a violation could inherently cause the recognition of a security buffer zone in neighbouring Kharkiv. The decisive politician from the Kremlin was forthright about Moscow being willing to impose its will when foreign missiles put Russia’s territory in danger.
Expressing a message at the height of increasing tensions with the West, he was outraged. Putin did not pay any attention to the criticisms of the elections. But why not? The broken US system would become his target. The rhetoric of an iron-willed president justifies violating the rights of opposition figures as well as discrediting critical remarks concerning the death of prisoners in prison.
Diplomatically speaking, Putin offered a solution to lower violence through peace talks. Yet he recognized that some of them, like France, had provocative goals and wished to continue the war rather than seek peace. Russian strongmen used no metaphors to keep the rule of that fist as long as the war continued.
Putting at risk the world’s peace, the clock of time is ticking, watching on tenterhooks as this geopolitical colossus sharpens its teeth and confidently argues with its challengers, who are not in good shape yet defiant. In his most recent address, the current state of the chattering classes emphasizes Putin as the sole oracle guiding Russia’s destiny through this historical tipping point.
