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First the military invasion of Ukraine, then support for the repression of the Belarusian people, and now support for the murderous Kazakh regime of Nursultan Nazarbayev. On top of this there is the persecution of anyone in Russian politics who is critical of its handling of power; political assassinations; the multi-billion dollar palace built with public money in Crimea; military support for the Azeris against Nagorno-Karabakh; the deportation of Asian migrants to the icy border with Poland; the support of the Kurdish dictatorship against the Kurdish people; the atomic submarines that sweep through the international waters of the Arctic Sea to show everyone who is in charge among the polar ice.<\/p>\n
Moscow’s international policy leaves no room for doubt: the collapse of the Soviet Union forced the central power to accept the end of its sphere of influence over the Warsaw Pact countries and to endure years of severe economic crisis. Now, a quarter of a century later, the Kremlin is trying to reconstitute at least the borders of the USSR as they emerged from the Second World War – patiently and stubbornly, one step at a time, proceeding with control over the local governments and economies and then, when possible, with annexations – if necessary, also through overtly military actions.<\/p>\n