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Though the country may STILL have a neo-liberal 'Chicago School of Economics' INFLATION CONTROL IS EVERYTHING Economy, in ALL other aspects it is not a Globalist run state......least of all in foreign policy.
Developing nations can rely on Russia....at least on security.
Russians work harder and harder each year, for less and less---- $600 average take home pay after tax? and of course $100-200 billion leaves the Russian economy each year..6.6---13% of GDP into off shore accounts in London, Cyprus, Israel, Spain and so on.
This is what Neo-liberalism means in Russia. A few traitors get rich, and the masses stagnate under harsh foreign DESIGNED economic policies.
This will not change under Putin, because the Jewish Mafia brought him into power to stabilise their LOOT and GAINS in the 1990's....through the prism of Neo-liberal Milton Friedman economics.
This is why Netanyahu visits Putin every month, the war criminal invited to celebrate Russia's Patriotic War in the Kremlin...whilst he gives speeches to Neo-Nazis in the Ukraine about killing Russian soldiers in their very private ceremony.
CHINA stands tall like a beam of light unto the world, showing what a true ALTERNATIVE economic model looks like with 40 yers of unmitigated success....but fucking Putin, the puppet of the Jewish Oligarchs does not notice the giant neighbour, or take a fient intest in its neighbors economic model. And so inevitably as he clings to his Jewish loins, his popularity decreases as President. Perhaps he calculates that this is his last 4 years...and he does not care?
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Russia Takes Over for US as Buffer Between Turkey, Syria
The US forces in northern Syria long served as a de facto buffer force, positioned in between Turkey and both the Syrian government and Syrian Kurds. With US forces withdrawing, Russia is taking over that role, moving into that space the US formerly filled.
For Russia, it’s a bit more pro-active than what the US was doing. Russia describes its forces as patrolling along the “line of contact” between Turkey and Syria, and that’s a key aspect of why they are there. In addition to patrols, Russia has also taken over at least one former US base in the area, one hastily abandoned by US forces.
Russia, after all, is a close ally to Syria, and keen to support them. At the same time, Russia has tried to maintain ties with Turkey to keep the situation on the border from falling apart. Even now, Russia is engaging with both parties.
That’s something the US would’ve never done as a buffer force. The US has ties with Turkey as a consequence of NATO membership, and was aligned with the Kurdish forces in Syria, but refused to officially talk with Syria, and US diplomats seemed to go out of their way to undercut any regional diplomacy on Syria, believing it would weaken their vision for a post-war Syria, a regime change and a US-friendly government replacing a long-standing Russian ally. The US never thought much of anyone else’s goals, even the Kurds’ hopes for autonomy were dismissed by US officials who wanted a strong central government in Syria.
That the US cut the Kurds loose surprised no one, least of all the Kurds. While the US had tried to keep them from publicly negotiating with the Assad government, for the past year Kurdish officials had kept secret back channels to Damascus and Moscow wide open, meaning when the Trump Administration decided that the Kurds were no longer an American interest, they had options on who to turn to.
While it’s not clear what Russia is going to do for the Syrian Kurds, their presence at all likely complicates parts of the Turkish invasion, particularly where they are coming up against Kurdish towns that were handed over to the Syrian government to defend. The last thing Turkey wants is to start a fight with Russia on foreign soil.
For Russia, it’s a bit more pro-active than what the US was doing. Russia describes its forces as patrolling along the “line of contact” between Turkey and Syria, and that’s a key aspect of why they are there. In addition to patrols, Russia has also taken over at least one former US base in the area, one hastily abandoned by US forces.
Russia, after all, is a close ally to Syria, and keen to support them. At the same time, Russia has tried to maintain ties with Turkey to keep the situation on the border from falling apart. Even now, Russia is engaging with both parties.
That’s something the US would’ve never done as a buffer force. The US has ties with Turkey as a consequence of NATO membership, and was aligned with the Kurdish forces in Syria, but refused to officially talk with Syria, and US diplomats seemed to go out of their way to undercut any regional diplomacy on Syria, believing it would weaken their vision for a post-war Syria, a regime change and a US-friendly government replacing a long-standing Russian ally. The US never thought much of anyone else’s goals, even the Kurds’ hopes for autonomy were dismissed by US officials who wanted a strong central government in Syria.
That the US cut the Kurds loose surprised no one, least of all the Kurds. While the US had tried to keep them from publicly negotiating with the Assad government, for the past year Kurdish officials had kept secret back channels to Damascus and Moscow wide open, meaning when the Trump Administration decided that the Kurds were no longer an American interest, they had options on who to turn to.
While it’s not clear what Russia is going to do for the Syrian Kurds, their presence at all likely complicates parts of the Turkish invasion, particularly where they are coming up against Kurdish towns that were handed over to the Syrian government to defend. The last thing Turkey wants is to start a fight with Russia on foreign soil.
