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End of US Hegemony - Jack Matlock (Ambassador to the USSR), Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
42Jack F. Matlock Jr.
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I can't speak as to the veracity of the content, nor do I know if it's government sponsored propaganda. I enjoyed the vid and believed it's worth sharing. Take it fwiw and dyodd.
There are more sanctions here than in North Korea, Syria and Iran (summed together!) How do we survive?!
19:48
Time codes:
00:00 I live in the most sanctioned country in the world
01:34 Empty supermarkets? Survival?
03:26 Brands that left Russia after sanctions
05:44 Do we have access to social media?
07:39 Payment system: can we use cards in Russia or abroad?
08:44 If you're a foreigner that is going to visit Russia in 2024
09:26 Can you get a visa to Russia?
11:35 How to pay for things in Russia?
13:03 Money transfers to and from Russia. Is it possible?
15:38 Russian alternatives of apps for traveling
17:43 Future of Russia?
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ElifromRussia/videos
Life in the MOST SANCTIONED COUNTRY in the World
May 11, 2024 MOSCOWThere are more sanctions here than in North Korea, Syria and Iran (summed together!) How do we survive?!
19:48
Time codes:
00:00 I live in the most sanctioned country in the world
01:34 Empty supermarkets? Survival?
03:26 Brands that left Russia after sanctions
05:44 Do we have access to social media?
07:39 Payment system: can we use cards in Russia or abroad?
08:44 If you're a foreigner that is going to visit Russia in 2024
09:26 Can you get a visa to Russia?
11:35 How to pay for things in Russia?
13:03 Money transfers to and from Russia. Is it possible?
15:38 Russian alternatives of apps for traveling
17:43 Future of Russia?
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ElifromRussia/videos
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Maria Zakharova in English
With emotion, turning into bewilderment, I watch the farcical discussion in the West about the legitimacy of elections, inauguration, appointment of government and other constitutional procedures in Russia.
It seems to me that all these “reasoners” from NATO-centric structures would do well to sort out their own “legitimacies” first.
It is completely inexplicable why none of the Westerners who defend democracy, the rule of law and human rights pay any attention to the fact that in the United States they openly declare “the need to kill the presidential candidate, ex-president of the country Donald Trump.” This is talked about not in blockchain networks, but in the official media, and not by Philadelphia drug addicts from Kensington Avenue, but by Democratic politicians. For example, Congressman Dan Goldman and political scientist-publicist Robert Kagan, who is also (suddenly!) the husband of Victoria Nuland, called for this.
If you think this is all just rhetoric, then I will tell you that this is simply US history.
First, a short excursion into the reality of American-style legitimacy.
• 1835 – assassination attempt on President Andrew Jackson,
• 1865 – assassination of President Abraham Lincoln,
• 1881 – assassination of President James Garfield,
• 1901 – assassination of President William McKinley,
• 1912 – assassination attempt on President Theodore Roosevelt,
• 1933 – assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
• 1935 – assassination of presidential candidate Huey Long,
• 1950 – assassination attempt on President Harry Truman,
• 1963 – assassination of President John Kennedy,
• 1968 – assassination of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy,
• 1972 – assassination attempt on presidential candidate George Wallace,
• 1974 – assassination attempt on President Richard Nixon,
• 1975 – assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford,
• 1981 – assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan,
• 1993 – assassination attempt on President George H. W. Bush,
• 1994 – assassination attempt on President Bill Clinton,
• 2005 – assassination attempt on President George W. Bush,
• 2008 – assassination attempt on presidential candidate Barack Obama,
• 2011 – assassination attempt on President Barack Obama.
The tradition is terrible, but it is, as they say, established. And this is only part of what has been declassified and is available in open sources.
It would be nice if all this Anglo-Saxon army turned its attention to the monstrous problems with the legitimacy, democracy and human rights of their own electoral and constitutional procedures.
With emotion, turning into bewilderment, I watch the farcical discussion in the West about the legitimacy of elections, inauguration, appointment of government and other constitutional procedures in Russia.
It seems to me that all these “reasoners” from NATO-centric structures would do well to sort out their own “legitimacies” first.
It is completely inexplicable why none of the Westerners who defend democracy, the rule of law and human rights pay any attention to the fact that in the United States they openly declare “the need to kill the presidential candidate, ex-president of the country Donald Trump.” This is talked about not in blockchain networks, but in the official media, and not by Philadelphia drug addicts from Kensington Avenue, but by Democratic politicians. For example, Congressman Dan Goldman and political scientist-publicist Robert Kagan, who is also (suddenly!) the husband of Victoria Nuland, called for this.
If you think this is all just rhetoric, then I will tell you that this is simply US history.
First, a short excursion into the reality of American-style legitimacy.
• 1835 – assassination attempt on President Andrew Jackson,
• 1865 – assassination of President Abraham Lincoln,
• 1881 – assassination of President James Garfield,
• 1901 – assassination of President William McKinley,
• 1912 – assassination attempt on President Theodore Roosevelt,
• 1933 – assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
• 1935 – assassination of presidential candidate Huey Long,
• 1950 – assassination attempt on President Harry Truman,
• 1963 – assassination of President John Kennedy,
• 1968 – assassination of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy,
• 1972 – assassination attempt on presidential candidate George Wallace,
• 1974 – assassination attempt on President Richard Nixon,
• 1975 – assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford,
• 1981 – assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan,
• 1993 – assassination attempt on President George H. W. Bush,
• 1994 – assassination attempt on President Bill Clinton,
• 2005 – assassination attempt on President George W. Bush,
• 2008 – assassination attempt on presidential candidate Barack Obama,
• 2011 – assassination attempt on President Barack Obama.
The tradition is terrible, but it is, as they say, established. And this is only part of what has been declassified and is available in open sources.
It would be nice if all this Anglo-Saxon army turned its attention to the monstrous problems with the legitimacy, democracy and human rights of their own electoral and constitutional procedures.
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The perception of the Soviet Union as an adversary was a pillar of American political consciousness for decades.
Americans in general and politicians in particular were used to thinking of the Soviets as bad guys and of the Americans as good guys, and that provided the sense of balance and comfort (yes, comfort!) to their everyday lives.
The Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991 broke that pillar and with that, completely destabilized the mental equilibrium and comfort of American politicians, leaving them searching for a new pillar to lean on. They chose an easy solution, however, and instead of building that new pillar, they opted to refurbish the old one by simple mental swapping of the Soviet Union for Russia. Despite Russia's stark differences from its predecessor, this substitution swiftly restored equilibrium and comfort in American political consciousness. Nothing changed, except now, instead of the Soviets being bad guys, it was the Russians.
Moreover, the American political establishment has quickly figured out that maintaining an adversary, be it the Soviet Union or Russia, was much more profitable than cultivating cooperation and coexistence—after all, America is, first and foremost, about money!
And so, here we are. Very very sad…
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Americans in general and politicians in particular were used to thinking of the Soviets as bad guys and of the Americans as good guys, and that provided the sense of balance and comfort (yes, comfort!) to their everyday lives.
The Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991 broke that pillar and with that, completely destabilized the mental equilibrium and comfort of American politicians, leaving them searching for a new pillar to lean on. They chose an easy solution, however, and instead of building that new pillar, they opted to refurbish the old one by simple mental swapping of the Soviet Union for Russia. Despite Russia's stark differences from its predecessor, this substitution swiftly restored equilibrium and comfort in American political consciousness. Nothing changed, except now, instead of the Soviets being bad guys, it was the Russians.
Moreover, the American political establishment has quickly figured out that maintaining an adversary, be it the Soviet Union or Russia, was much more profitable than cultivating cooperation and coexistence—after all, America is, first and foremost, about money!
And so, here we are. Very very sad…
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