Putin and, under him, Russia don’t seem to be getting on board with the neoliberal hegemony of capitalism.
Russia is large enough, that by not getting on board, it is a threat to that hegemony.
Russia has been a scapegoat for so long that I don’t think it ever can’t be. These prejudices become institutionalized and the enemies and victims never really become laundered of the roles they’ve been assigned.
“No, not like that.”
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