Russian political psyche: history and modernity

[mirhond]

mirhond, today this is common in Russia to play different camps against each other.

http://slon.ru/russia/zakonchilas_li...-1140655.xhtml

mirhond, I do understand that this is all good for internal politics and crowd control, but how you justify those Stalinist admirers to external audience? You don't like them, but they are your son of bitches, who are roaming around with your weapons and support in neighbouring country.

1. It's called bonapartism, common practice.
2. I stopped reading after this

Благо и у Лукашенко, и у Назарбаева есть свое русскоязычное население, которое отныне воспринимается как мина замедленного действия: а вдруг им тоже захочется «федерализации» или «народных республик»?

and I won't waste a second explaining why it's BS.
3. I. personally, needn't to justify anything to anyone, (as much as you don't need to justify your compatriots honouring Estonian Waffen SS http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3585272.stm),
what Russian establishment is going to do with this - I don't know and I don't care.