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Putin: An alternative perspective
A conversation with Iurie Roșca
By Edward Slavsquat | February 6, 2024
Photo credit: Duma.gov.ru
In a series of articles published last month, Moldovan journalist Iurie Roșca proposed something truly radical: Perhaps it's time to break free from the false dichotomy that restricts how Russian President Vladimir Putin is discussed in Western "alternative" media?
Obviously I had to learn more about this provocative suggestion.
In July, Roșca was kind enough to share his thoughts about the rise of technocracy. I am pleased to announce that he has returned to answer more questions.
Iurie, you recently published three articles (Paul Craig Roberts: Putin's Lack of Vision and Political Will Could Lead to WWIII; Political correctness and the crime of opinion in today's Russia; On false dichotomy and "useful idiots") that challenge the prevailing narratives we are fed about Russia and Putin, in both Western mainstream and alternative media. This isn't really a question, but: It's shocking how narrow the Overton window is whenever Western "independent" media discusses anything Russia-related, and I think your recent commentaries serve as a necessary first step towards igniting substantive dialogue on these issues.
Thank you for the invitation to answer your questions. For someone like me, who is neither affiliated with the liberal-globalist discourse of the collective West, nor with the propagandist narrative of the Kremlin, such an opportunity is quite rare. This is because unfortunately most of the alternative media in the West, while rejecting US hegemony and the globalist agenda of the West as a whole, zealously promotes the idea that Putin represents an alternative civilizational model. This creates a false dichotomy and leaves little room for discussion in alternative media spaces.
It's fair to say your assessment of Putin differs a great deal from the dominate narratives in mainstream and alternative media. You describe Russia's president as "hesitant, timid and above all obsessed with the need to regain recognition from 'Western partners'". Have you always felt this way or have your views on Putin evolved over the years? Can you point to specific events, decisions, or "new information" that prompted you to reassess him as a leader?
To understand what any political figure or phenomenon represents, it is necessary to go to its origins. Putin and his regime are a direct continuation of the Yeltsin period. That is, the successors of the leaders of the first post-Soviet decade are, as in the Perestroika period, the exponents of the former communist nomenclature and KGB officers, who joined with Jewish businessmen, who then became oligarchs in complicity with the former.
The type of careerists like Putin look at politics from the perspective of pecuniary interests, and have the mentality of merchants who know how to sell natural resources and national interests at optimal prices. The eminently political logic of state interests is foreign to them. In post-communist Russia the same situation was created as in the West after the fall of monarchies and the rise of merchants. The economic factor subordinated the political factor. Or, to put it another way, big business installed and maintains its servants in key state functions. And Putin fits exactly into this logic.
As a nationalist in Moldova, I could only be in opposition to Russian President Putin, who remains obsessed with the same imperial idea of imposing total control over the former peripheries of the Soviet empire. But understanding that the collective West represents absolute evil through its demonic elites, at one point I hoped that Putin had broken away from the occult nets of the West.
I was in total solidarity with Putin’s rhetoric against the putschists in Kiev during the coup in Ukraine in 2014, which was instigated and coordinated by the neocons (Zionists) in Washington. However, after the takeover of Crimea, there followed the abandonment of Donbass and the shameful negotiations in Minsk—plus another eight years of betrayal as Russians were terrorized and killed by the Zionist regimes in Kiev under the mandates of Poroshenko and Zelensky.
But the key moment when it became clear that Putin was totally under the control of the globalists came in 2020, when the false Covid-19 pandemic was triggered. The Kremlin showed complete obedience to the undeclared World Government that operated under WHO cover, imposing the same tyrannical policies, including compulsory injections. And the military intervention in Ukraine in 2022, which initially seemed to represent a rift with the West, soon showed that Russia is being led by weak people, who have neither strategic vision nor the ability to wage a successful war.
So if Putin isn't the all-powerful leader he’s portrayed to be in Western and Russian propaganda, who is really calling the shots in Moscow?
There is no single person who exercises unlimited power in Russia. Instead, interest groups shape the politics in this country. Among them are the circles of Jewish oligarchs as well as billionaires with key functions inside the power vertical (basically all the top dignitaries in Russia are fabulously rich!). Perhaps the most influential power bloc could be described as Kabbalistic-Zionist in nature.
In this context, Putin must be regarded as a front man, a spokesman for the circles that hold power rather than an all-powerful dictator. The image of Putin as a person who controls nearly everything in Russia is nothing more than a manipulation strategy. And from here, the black propaganda of the globalists is complimented by their supposed opponents, who make "white propaganda" for the Kremlin.
While we're on the subject: What explains Western "alternative" media's idolization of Putin?
Personally, I think that the fanatical trust in Putin’s virtues and merits, which the alternative press in the West exalts, has several explanations.
First, since Putin is demonized by the globalist media, those in the alternative media perceive him as an opponent of the System. This illusion is fueled by the fact that Putin’s speechwriters have a gift for wooing Western "dissidents" with criticisms of the political class in the West and the LGBT agenda.
Such rhetorical tricks trigger fascination and admiration among Westerners, preventing any realistic assessment of the true state of affairs in Russia. And when you try to show these bewitched people the harsh reality in this country, they greet you with accusations that you are playing the game of the globalists.
You can talk to them with numbers and with irrefutable facts, for example, that the Central Bank of Russia is affiliated with globalist policies, that it is controlled by the IMF and the BIS, that it is imposing the digital ruble; you can show that assassination by vaccine is carried out under Putin, you can show that even in today's Russia the production of insects for food purposes is underway, etc., etc., but nothing can rouse them from their enchanted state. This phenomenon, which is common in alternative media, is not caused by stupidity or incompetence. Rather, the temptation to present the desirable as reality is extremely psychologically comfortable.
The idolization of Putin is a sign of the neo-pagan nature of the Western intelligentsia, which allows itself to be manipulated because it has lost its celestial compass and mystical reason. Even if some of our friends declare themselves Protestants or (former) Catholics, there are rare cases when you can observe a spiritual lucidity that supports an adequate geopolitical analysis.
Please go to substack to continue reading.
Obviously I had to learn more about this provocative suggestion.
In July, Roșca was kind enough to share his thoughts about the rise of technocracy. I am pleased to announce that he has returned to answer more questions.
Iurie, you recently published three articles (Paul Craig Roberts: Putin's Lack of Vision and Political Will Could Lead to WWIII; Political correctness and the crime of opinion in today's Russia; On false dichotomy and "useful idiots") that challenge the prevailing narratives we are fed about Russia and Putin, in both Western mainstream and alternative media. This isn't really a question, but: It's shocking how narrow the Overton window is whenever Western "independent" media discusses anything Russia-related, and I think your recent commentaries serve as a necessary first step towards igniting substantive dialogue on these issues.
Thank you for the invitation to answer your questions. For someone like me, who is neither affiliated with the liberal-globalist discourse of the collective West, nor with the propagandist narrative of the Kremlin, such an opportunity is quite rare. This is because unfortunately most of the alternative media in the West, while rejecting US hegemony and the globalist agenda of the West as a whole, zealously promotes the idea that Putin represents an alternative civilizational model. This creates a false dichotomy and leaves little room for discussion in alternative media spaces.
It's fair to say your assessment of Putin differs a great deal from the dominate narratives in mainstream and alternative media. You describe Russia's president as "hesitant, timid and above all obsessed with the need to regain recognition from 'Western partners'". Have you always felt this way or have your views on Putin evolved over the years? Can you point to specific events, decisions, or "new information" that prompted you to reassess him as a leader?
To understand what any political figure or phenomenon represents, it is necessary to go to its origins. Putin and his regime are a direct continuation of the Yeltsin period. That is, the successors of the leaders of the first post-Soviet decade are, as in the Perestroika period, the exponents of the former communist nomenclature and KGB officers, who joined with Jewish businessmen, who then became oligarchs in complicity with the former.
The type of careerists like Putin look at politics from the perspective of pecuniary interests, and have the mentality of merchants who know how to sell natural resources and national interests at optimal prices. The eminently political logic of state interests is foreign to them. In post-communist Russia the same situation was created as in the West after the fall of monarchies and the rise of merchants. The economic factor subordinated the political factor. Or, to put it another way, big business installed and maintains its servants in key state functions. And Putin fits exactly into this logic.
As a nationalist in Moldova, I could only be in opposition to Russian President Putin, who remains obsessed with the same imperial idea of imposing total control over the former peripheries of the Soviet empire. But understanding that the collective West represents absolute evil through its demonic elites, at one point I hoped that Putin had broken away from the occult nets of the West.
I was in total solidarity with Putin’s rhetoric against the putschists in Kiev during the coup in Ukraine in 2014, which was instigated and coordinated by the neocons (Zionists) in Washington. However, after the takeover of Crimea, there followed the abandonment of Donbass and the shameful negotiations in Minsk—plus another eight years of betrayal as Russians were terrorized and killed by the Zionist regimes in Kiev under the mandates of Poroshenko and Zelensky.
But the key moment when it became clear that Putin was totally under the control of the globalists came in 2020, when the false Covid-19 pandemic was triggered. The Kremlin showed complete obedience to the undeclared World Government that operated under WHO cover, imposing the same tyrannical policies, including compulsory injections. And the military intervention in Ukraine in 2022, which initially seemed to represent a rift with the West, soon showed that Russia is being led by weak people, who have neither strategic vision nor the ability to wage a successful war.
So if Putin isn't the all-powerful leader he’s portrayed to be in Western and Russian propaganda, who is really calling the shots in Moscow?
There is no single person who exercises unlimited power in Russia. Instead, interest groups shape the politics in this country. Among them are the circles of Jewish oligarchs as well as billionaires with key functions inside the power vertical (basically all the top dignitaries in Russia are fabulously rich!). Perhaps the most influential power bloc could be described as Kabbalistic-Zionist in nature.
In this context, Putin must be regarded as a front man, a spokesman for the circles that hold power rather than an all-powerful dictator. The image of Putin as a person who controls nearly everything in Russia is nothing more than a manipulation strategy. And from here, the black propaganda of the globalists is complimented by their supposed opponents, who make "white propaganda" for the Kremlin.
While we're on the subject: What explains Western "alternative" media's idolization of Putin?
Personally, I think that the fanatical trust in Putin’s virtues and merits, which the alternative press in the West exalts, has several explanations.
First, since Putin is demonized by the globalist media, those in the alternative media perceive him as an opponent of the System. This illusion is fueled by the fact that Putin’s speechwriters have a gift for wooing Western "dissidents" with criticisms of the political class in the West and the LGBT agenda.
Such rhetorical tricks trigger fascination and admiration among Westerners, preventing any realistic assessment of the true state of affairs in Russia. And when you try to show these bewitched people the harsh reality in this country, they greet you with accusations that you are playing the game of the globalists.
You can talk to them with numbers and with irrefutable facts, for example, that the Central Bank of Russia is affiliated with globalist policies, that it is controlled by the IMF and the BIS, that it is imposing the digital ruble; you can show that assassination by vaccine is carried out under Putin, you can show that even in today's Russia the production of insects for food purposes is underway, etc., etc., but nothing can rouse them from their enchanted state. This phenomenon, which is common in alternative media, is not caused by stupidity or incompetence. Rather, the temptation to present the desirable as reality is extremely psychologically comfortable.
The idolization of Putin is a sign of the neo-pagan nature of the Western intelligentsia, which allows itself to be manipulated because it has lost its celestial compass and mystical reason. Even if some of our friends declare themselves Protestants or (former) Catholics, there are rare cases when you can observe a spiritual lucidity that supports an adequate geopolitical analysis.
Please go to substack to continue reading.
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