Friday, February 28, 2014

this is interesting.

again: you have to understand that the dynamics of the world in 2014 are not what they were in 1952. the russians are obsessed with international agreements and the rule of law. nato operates on a master morality that has no interest in the concept of law at all. so, the russians need referendums and parliamentary resolutions, whereas nato is ok with launching revolutions by pitchfork.

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140228/187971656/Russia-Lawmakers-Push-to-Simplify-Annexing-New-Territories.html

"a just russia", fwiw, is the third party in russia - behind putin's centrist liberal-conservative coalition and the communist party, which is still the official opposition. it's a social democratic party, roughly similar to something like canada's ndp.