Dear friends,

For four weeks now we have been discussing the Russian special military performance in the Ukraine and most of what we looked at was happening either in the Ukraine proper or near it.  I did mention plenty of time that "this is not about the Ukraine, this is about the future collective security arrangement of Europe", which is truthful.  But even that does not show the full motion picture.  Then today I propose to widen the scope further and look at some absolutely crucial developments inside Russia.  Get-go with the about amazing event, at to the lowest degree in my opinion:

The total failure of US PSYOPs inside Russian federation

I wrote many times already that the Russians got their commonage asses handed to them past the massive propaganda car of the Empire of Lies.  But when I wrote that, I should accept been more authentic and write that this is truthful OUTSIDE Russian federation.  Within, most the polar contrary happened.

First, allow's remember the various existing movements inside Russia:

  • Putinists.  My preferred term for them is Eurasian Sovereignists.  These are the folks in/most power who see the future of Russian federation as a truly sovereign country fully integrated into the Eurasian landmass. They see the future of Russia in the Southward, East and Due north, and want aught to exercise with the West anymore.  They are opposed by those whom I call the
  • Atlantic Integrationists.  These are the folks in/near power who want Russia to be accustomed as an equal partner into the world order favored by the ruling elites of the Usa.  According to some, this faction does not exist.  However we tin can very conspicuously run across their immense influence, specially on the Russian economical fiscal sector.
  • The official, "systemic", opposition.  These are the parties which made it into the Duma and while they talk and protest a lot, they are a loyal opposition which supports the Kremlin every time that support is needed.  I would telephone call them all "uninspiringly acceptable".
  • The 5th columnists.  These are the self-declared "artistic class" and gender-fluid "liberals" who dream of the day Russia becomes the next Poland (they recall that Guadio or Tikhanovskaia are heroes).  These folks are totally sold out to the Empire of Lies and are the voice of that Empire in Russia.  Their incomes near always depend on maintaining the political system created during the Eltsin years and which at present the Kremlin has (FINALLY!) began to shut down.
  • The 6th columnists.  Ruslan Ostashko calls them the "emo-Marxists", which is a skillful expression which I shall adopt.  These are also called "hurray patriots" or "turbo patriots".  They arraign Putin for existence weak, sold out to the West, decadent and dishonest.  They also oppose Putin's credo (patriotism instead of nationalism, and economic liberalism) and for decades at present they are the ones who say 1) Putin has sold out or 2) Putin is about to sell out 3) all is lost. For them a "Putin victory" in the Ukraine would be way WORSE than the total defeat of Russian federation past the Due west.  Thus they wrap themselves in the flag of patriotism, but in reality they are what Russians phone call "defeatists" (пораженцы).

Here is how the leaders of the Empire of Lies most likely relate to these groups:

Group Human relationship of the Empire to these groups
Eurasian Sovereignists (aka Putinists) Putin is basically the devil incarnate and removing him is the single almost of import goal upon which the W has already spent many BILLIONS of dollars on.  Yeah, this is a Crusade, an anti-Putin Cause past the self-same folks who waged all the crusades…
Atlantic Integrationists They were extremely useful for decades (since the early 80s at least), but their shrinking influence makes them much less useful than in the past.  Putin is responsible for that degradation of their influence.  Merely they still have enough power to maintain agents of influence in the Russian ruling elites.
The official, systemic, opposition Useful poodles, they give Russia all the "autonomous trappings" needed, but they don't threaten the Kremlin in any existent mode.  Besides, they often detest the West even more than than the official party of the authorities (United Russian federation).
fifth columnists They have go useless.  They have cypher traction and, at virtually, they can get less than chiliad people in the streets in multi-one thousand thousand cities.  Too, their legal and IT "wings" accept been clipped by various new laws.  At best, they can now emigrate to the Zone A and pretend to be political refugees or "dissidents".  I recommend the UK or Israel.
6th columnists They were the last and biggest hope of the western PSYOPs.  Their mission: break the morale of the Russian order and, if at all possible, try to either overthrow Putin or strength him to deal with mass protests.  As we shall see below, they failed equally miserably as the fifth columnists.

So what happened?  Here is a quick listing of factors which contributed to this effect:

  • New laws were passed forcing foreign agents to publicly declare when they are getting money from abroad (irrespective from whom, CIA, MI6, NED, Soros, etc.).
  • Many western-run social media outlets, who were banning any non-russophobic voices, have now been banned in Russia, again, FINALLY!  Telegram is booming, permit'due south promise the Empire does not bring Telegram to heel next.
  • Russian foreign policy successes forced the Atlantic Integrationists to keep a low profile because it is hard to criticize a authorities which, for example, so successfully dealt with the pre-2022 sanctions while saving a state like Syria.  Furthermore, the steady increase in hostility between the West and Russia made it hard for them to sing the virtues of that aforementioned West which now openly backs Nazis in the Ukraine with every resource the Empire of Lies has.  This is why even Dmitri Medvedev has now quickly rebranded himself as a patriot!
  • The 6th columnists and their mantra "Putin is about to sellout the Donbass" at present wait totally stupid since far from selling out the Donbass, Putin has used the Donbass as a cover and pretext to change the entire commonage security architecture of Europe and, really, the entire planet.  Also, the 6th columnist made a HUGE mistake about the war in the Ukraine: their theses became increasingly indistinguishable from those of the 5th columnists.  Keep in mind that in the Russian culture to wish or advocate for a defeat when Russia is at state of war is basically an act of treason (lots of new laws passed recently by the Duma, the 5th and 6th columnists better be conscientious with what they say and practise side by side!).
  • The first week of the special military operation was by far the most difficult one not simply for the Russian military machine, but especially for the Russian social club which not but got truly HAMMERED by the about intense PSYOP in history coming from the West, via not simply propaganda outlets like BBC or Deutsche Welle, but as well western It giants (Google, Meta, etc.) censuring and banning non but post perceived as "prop-Russian" simply fifty-fifty entire domain names like .su and .ru. The HUGE mistake both the 5th and the 6th columnists did was to jump unto that "PSYOP equus caballus" thereby revealing their truthful agenda.
  • In direct retaliation for the banning of all things Russian past the western-controlled social media, Russia finally began to slap on fines and, meliorate, totally close downward all these vomit spewing sewers, at least in Russian federation.

The commencement week of the war went extremely well from a purely military point of view, but from a socio-political indicate of view, I know that a lot of Russian vacillated and really freaked out.

Simply then, the western PSYOPs fabricated a huge mistake: they gave free reign to truly rabid and racist russophobia while, at the same time, openly proclaiming the Nazi authorities in Kiev as "heroic" defenders of the Westward.  It is one thing to hear that your dictator Putin and his Mordor volition be sanctioned to smithereens and quite another to feel the overt, direct and targeted hatred against you lot and your people, that is something yous perceive less with your listen and more, I would say, with you "peel" or "guts".  Once it became obvious that the Due west'south hate for Russia is absolute and total and that the "all-time" Russians can hope from our "western friends" is to be treated like Native Americans or the Boers past the Anglos, which is not different at all from how the Nazis treated Russians, most Russian figured out what this was actually all about since Twenty-four hours 1 and fifty-fifty much before (I would fence since almost thousand years).

That was pretty much all it took to "switch over" the mode of many Russians from "of my God, what volition happen adjacent?" to "nosotros shall never surrender" or, on the words of Molotov, "Ours is a righteous crusade. The enemy shall be defeated. Victory will be ours" (June 22, 1941).

To requite you an thought of the magnitute of the defeat for the 5th and 6th columnist, I could mention that both Putin'south personal popularity and the pop support for the denazification and disarmament of the Nazi regime in the Ukraine is over lxx%.  Instead, I just want to share this short video with you:

(official translation, source here)

"We, the multi-ethnic nation of the Russian Federation, united by common fate on our country…" These are the first words of our fundamental law, the Russian Constitution. Each give-and-take has deep meaning and enormous significance.

On our land, united past common fate. This is what the people of Crimea and Sevastopol must accept been thinking as they went to the plebiscite on March xviii, 2014. They lived and go along to live on their land, and they wanted to have a mutual fate with their historical motherland, Russia. They had every right to it and they achieved their goal. Let'southward congratulate them first because it is their holiday. Happy anniversary!

Over these years, Russia has washed a groovy deal to aid Crimea and Sevastopol grow. There were things that needed to be done that were not immediately obvious to the unaided eye. These were essential things such equally gas and power supply, utility infrastructure, restoring the road network, and construction of new roads, motorways and bridges.

We needed to drag Crimea out of that humiliating position and state that Crimea and Sevastopol had been pushed into when they were part of another state that had simply provided leftover financing to these territories.

There is more to it. The fact is we know what needs to be done next, how information technology needs to be washed, and at what cost – and we will fulfil all these plans, absolutely.

These decisions are not even as of import as the fact that the residents of Crimea and Sevastopol made the correct choice when they put up a firm barrier against neo-Nazis and ultra-nationalists. What was and is still happening on other territories is the all-time indication that they did the right thing.

People who lived and alive in Donbass did not agree with this coup d'état, either. Several castigating military operations were instantly staged against them; they were besieged and subjected to systemic shelling with artillery and bombing by aircraft – and this is actually what is called "genocide."

The main goal and motive of the military machine functioning that nosotros launched in Donbass and Ukraine is to relieve these people of suffering, of this genocide. At this point, I recall the words from the Holy Scripture: "Greater love hath no human than this, that a man lay downwardly his life for his friends." And nosotros are seeing how heroically our military are fighting during this operation.

These words come from the Holy Scripture of Christianity, from what is cherished past those who profess this religion. But the lesser line is that this is a universal value for all nations and those of all religions in Russia, and primarily for our people. The all-time evidence of this is how our fellows are fighting and acting in this operation: shoulder to shoulder, helping and supporting each other. If they take to, they volition cover each other with their bodies to protect their comrade from a bullet in the battlefield, as they would to save their brother. It has been a long time since we had such unity.

It so happened that, by sheer coincidence, the start of the operation was same 24-hour interval as the birthday of one of our outstanding military leaders who was canonised – Fedor Ushakov. He did non lose a single battle throughout his brilliant career. He once said that these thunderstorms would glorify Russia. This is how information technology was in his time; this is how it is today and will always be!

Cheers!

Of course, the fifth columnists and the sixth columnists dismiss any election in Russia (they are all faked!), whatever opinion poll (they are all faked too!) and fifty-fifty whatsoever such mass events (the people are bused in for money!).

Which is EXACTLY what the western PYSOPs say too (in those rare cases when the report about that at all). In French there is an expression "those who look alike assemble together" (qui se ressemble s'gather) and now that "stain" of "being with" the CIA/MI6/etc. and confronting your own President while your land is at war for its survival is a mark which neither the 5th nor the 6th columnists will always be able to wash off , at least not in Russia.

I desire to repeat hither something which is crucial: truth is the first prey of state of war, that is true, and lying on behalf of your side (whichever side y'all are on) is only morally wrong, but also effective only brusque term, in the mid to long term the truth begins to seep in through the cracks in the wall of lies.

Furthermore, criticism of a government, fifty-fifty during a state of war, is also fair and, in fact, needed.  Simply when a total calibration war is going on and people are dying (including your own people, whichever side you are on), you have to ask yourself that elementary question: cui bono from what I just wrote?

Many "patriots" and "friends of Russia" clearly won't.  Okay.

I recollect that when your own arguments become indistinguishable from the talking points of the western letter of the alphabet soup'southward PSYOPS and when the 5th and the 6th columns basically unite to effort to overthrow the commander in main, and then nosotros are not talking about honest criticism, merely either treason (if you are Russian) or ignorance (if you lot are not).

Any may exist the instance, I would debate that the West'south PSYOPs triumph over Russia outside Russian federation has been more compensated for by the Kremlin'southward triumph over the Due west'due south PSYOPs inside Russian federation.  And since the serfs living in Zone A decide zippo, all they tin can do is talk, talk and talk fifty-fifty more than, that western triumph over Russia in the societies which are under the dominion of Uncle Shmuel, I think that while in the brusk term the Kremlin rather lame efforts (RT & Co.) did get a encarmine nose, that initial menstruum of shock is over and far from demoralizing Russians, the western PSYOPS are now uniting them in the determination to prevail and survive, at any cost, bar absolutely none.

Russia is at present in full WWII way.

I know expect the fifth columnists to emigrate en masse and the 6th columnists to steadily melt into utter irrelevance.

What near the Atlantic Integrationists?

Alas, they are very much notwithstanding there :-(

They keep a low profile and say the right words when needed.  Yet the latest SNAFU with the Russian foreign currency and golden reserves places a direct spotlight on them.  There are ii crucial issues with these folks:

  1. Putin is a liberal, at least in economic terms.  Hate it or love it, only that is a fact.  Or was until now.  This gang was never popular in Russia, and that latest controversy has resulted in A LOT of angry accusations.  Mind you, Putin has just re-nominated Elvira Nabiulina to head the Russian Cardinal Banking company and it shall be very interesting to see how the Duma volition vote on this.  I would just say that if I was a Duma member I would not vote for confirmation not only because I don't like the Kremlin's economic policies, but also because that might exist a very politically plush move.  And so let'south wait and meet.  By the mode, Putin has besides appointed Sergei Glazyev to the position of Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Wedlock.  Interesting times…
  2. The Atlantic Integrationists nonetheless wield a lot of power because they are not some secret society which meets in underground locations and exchanges some secret handshakes, but they are a socio-political form, I mean that in a fully Marxist sense, including the notion that these people have class interests and a course consciousness.  Furthermore, a lot of regular Russians fully depend on the institutions created past the Atlantic Integrationists since the early 1990s.  And so to "simply eliminate" them sounds like a great idea until you realize that you are talking nearly an entire class of people.

[Sidebar: particularly for those cherry-blooded U.s. Americans who, if they were in charge of the Kremlin and Russia, would have easily solved that and all other Russian issues, past whatever means, they ought to call back that in the state of the gratis home of the brave you are ALSO all serfs of a political form – I call information technology the US Nomenklatura – which they have totally FAILED to remove and which crushed Trump in less than 30 days!  So, how virtually "doctor, heal thyself" and "motes in other eyes?" Kickoff liberate YOUR Own country – then give lessons to Russians!  Ditto for the stupid claims that the Russian military is moving too wearisome. It took the U.s. armed forces SIX MONTHS to prepare for invasion during "Desert Shield" – in spite of huge prepositioned stores and a totally supportive KSA – and another Month to invade Bagdad which was basically undefended.  In fact, the US has not won a single war since WWII and never waged an existential war in its entire history. Do you Actually think that you are competent to teach Russians how to fight?   At least, next fourth dimension you lot gear up to requite Russians lessons, attempt to call back this factoid: during WWII the Soviet Army liberated one thousand two hundered (one'200!!!) cities from Nazi occupation forces.  As for civilians casualties, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden and "500'000 dead Iraqi children every bit "worth it" – that all you.  As is the cruel and genocidal bombing of the DPRK and Vietnam. So, remind me, who are you once more to requite us lessons???]

But yes, the Atlantic Integrationists are even so in that location. If Putin decided to ignore Russian law and human activity like Stalin, he could fire all those Atlantic Integrationists we all know and beloved to detest (I do!), but that would NOT remove their power base.  So, instead, what he needs to do is gradually (and legally!!!) weaken their power base of operations, which is *exactly* what he has been doing since at to the lowest degree 2014 (and, in reality, even before; he is a slow, deliberately acting person, and he does expect as long as needed before striking).

Which brings me to my final topic: the super-pooper "sanctions from hell"

Okay, there is very little doubt that but every bit the mail service MH-17 sanctions, the current sanctions will hurt Russia and, more specifically, some sectors of the Russian economy.  Withal, simply like the mail service MH-17 sanctions forced Russia to FINALLY diversify and invest in such crucial sectors like agriculture, the electric current sanctions volition simply Forcefulness Russia to completely remove herself from most of Zone A, peculiarly in her political and economic activities.  In other words

By committing economic suicide (which is what these sanctions will be for the West!) the leaders of the AngloZionist Empire FORCED the Russians to cut a lot of, shall we say, "umbilical cords" which notwithstanding tied them to western controlled interests. I would fifty-fifty get as far every bit to say that ignorant imbeciles similar "Trump" and "Biden" did more to destroy the fifth and 6th columns and to immensely weaken the Atlantic Integrationists than all the efforts of the FSB or the (very lame and weak) Russian counter-propaganda efforts .

The toxic fifth and 6th column abscesses have finally been punctured.  Yeah, it stinks and yep, a lot of "disinfection" volition be needed, not "merely" in the Ukraine, but as well in Russia.

Oh, I know, the leaders of the West did not do all that out of some kind of honey for Russia, they did that because their own form interest depends on doubling down over and over and over again.  Add to this the entire "all-time war machine in the history of the galaxy" narrative, and lots of "WE will teach the Russian a lesson they will never forget!" (yeah, both of these idiots, and Obama also, meet themselves as much scarier and tougher than the united Europe under Napoleon or the united Europe nether Hitler, funny, no?).

As Andrei Martyanov very accurately described in his latest video, the Westward's insane button to "Cancel Russia" has been received loud and clear by the Russian people, and at present they are in the "existential war for survival" mode (well, at to the lowest degree most of them, no less than seventy+ percentage).

The result?

Russian caption: we volition finish this state of war together spelled with a Latin "Z" rather than a Russian "З".

I think that these two images illustrate the electric current dynamic very well: Woke-drones can recollect that when they brandish the unanimity of a lynch-mob they are scaring Russians.

To some degree, the Russians themselves are too blame, nosotros accustomed way too many plastic beads in exchange empty promises.

Merely not because we treasured these beads, but considering until 2022 we simply did not accept what nosotros needed to stop accepting these beads.

Putin'south 2022 ultimatum to the entire united West was, in fact, the last concession Russia was willing to make.

As I wrote many many times, the difference between Russians and the W is that the Due west does not fear state of war only is not gear up to fight one, whereas the Russians very much DO fear war, but they are also totally set up to fight.  We have lived in this reality for grand years, and nosotros know that war is always the ultimate evil.  So at present, far from being ashamed or unhappy about how the Kremlin did everything it could to avoid that war (which I was admittedly opposed to, if possible and if given an alternative choice, of course), merely the W gave Russia no pick.

And, in doing so, it flipped the mental "we will unite to win this state of war" switch in the minds of most Russians.

You could say that the West has finally truly "canceled itself" in the listen of a vast majority of Russians.

I retrieve that the Kremlin Still would prefer a negotiated solution, not simply to the war in the Ukraine, simply fifty-fifty in the semi-covert (or even not so covert) war going on with NATO.  Simply the recent strikes at ammo dumps and foreign mercenaries in the western Ukraine are a clear sign that 1) Russia volition not accept whatsoever outside intervention and two) that Russian federation will, if needed, strike Poland, Romania or whatever other self-prostituting land, and their membership in NATO will make no divergence whatsoever.

Guys, one of the main reasons why Russia chose a low-manpower strategy is precisely because the bulk of the Russian military is ready for whatever type of state of war confronting NATO and the US, fifty-fifty a nuclear one if needed.

Yep yeah, in the West they announce with a strait face that Russia is running out of bullets for her AKs.  If that kind of nonsense makes some woke freak feel adept – by all ways, relish!

In Russia, information technology merely strengthens the decision to cutting all ties with the West whose true face all Russians take FINALLY seen once again, for first fourth dimension since WWII.

Conclusion – the "Dandy Coming Out"

This war, which I abominate and ENTIRELY blame on the Empire of Lies had at to the lowest degree one effect which I welcome with all my centre: this war has triggered a massive "Bully Coming Out" in which not simply politicians, countries, societies or celebrities accept shown their true face, this besides applies to those I idea were my trusted and respected friends, family fellow member and even clergy!

Sometimes these *true* faces turned out to exist ugly and hypocritical, in other times they radiated kindness, compassion and love for all our fellow human being beings.  Yep, some of information technology was painful, even heartbreaking.  Merely some of information technology was unexpected and deeply deeply touching.

I personally welcome this clarity with all my middle!

At present I know the reply(due south) to this crucial question: with whom are you, whose side are you actually on?

I hasten to add that I am not Dubya, I don't demand to tell the earth "you are either with u.s. or with the terrorists".  In reality, I very much welcome any neutral or indifferent position.  After all, why should a Chilean fisherman or a coffee-store owner in the Azores intendance near whatever of that?

My disgust is not with those who don't care or don't know – it is with those who either ought know better or, if not, ought to to shut-upwards and mind their business (particularly if they are totally clueless well-nigh the nature of this conflict).

[Sidebar for doubleplusgoodthinking Orthodox Christians: Orthodox Christians, specially those who struggle to truly uphold the fullness faith "which the Lord gave, was preached by the Apostles, and was preserved by the Fathers" ought to realize two unproblematic things: Orthodox Christians are the sole heirs of the Due east Roman Empire and it behooves usa more than anybody else to recognize the modern 24-hour interval Franks and Crusaders for whom/what they are.  To neutral or "opposed to aggression" is not but moral cowardice, it is a negation of our ethos and our collective memory.  Christ told the states "my Kingdom is not of this earth", and your manic determination to remain in harmony with the secular mainstream of our fallen world is really pathetic. If that is not yet another form of Neo-Sergianism so I don't know what it is!]

Yet once again, as during most of in my life I now over again come across what I have always seen: my own, personal, "good Samaritans" very rarely were Russian or Orthodox, and even less so Russian Orthodox. All my life I accept see FAR more brotherly love, compassion and kindness from atheists, secular Jews and (non-Takfiri!) Muslims than from my putative "brothers".

Yeah, this hurts me securely and shames me too.  But that is a truth I am not willing to forget or remain silent about.

Finally, I owe it to my Truthful "good Samaritan" brothers/sisters to repeat this truth either until my terminal breath or until my beau Orthodox Christians at least begin to show the moral probity and then oft shown to me by my heterodox brothers and sisters.

The same will evidence truthful of Russia as a land: this state of war, bad as it is, will show all Russians who our real brothers, friends and allies are, and who are but the garden diversity servants of the Empire.

This could be a fantastic opportunity for Russia, but that is a topic I will accost in a future post.

Kind regards

Andrei

PS: please expect regular stuff, yeah, with maps, either tomorrow or Tuesday.

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