22. April 2016

‘Putin and Russia are Ideal Scapegoats for Europe’s Rulers’

Part two of an interview with Russian economist Vasily Koltashov

UH: In Europe, there are those who think that Vladimir Putin is something like a dictator and even a threat to Europe. What do you think?

VK: Vladimir Putin is the central figure of a complex system of compromises amongst the economic elite and between social classes in Russia. The decisions made in Russia are not to the liking of the United States and the European Union. They would like to overthrow Putin, even though his government implements neoliberal policies. But working people in Russia understand that an overthrow of Putin would usher in a Ukrainian scenario–widespread poverty, political dissidents harshly persecuted and a ‘decommunization’ process of rewriting of the country’s history. Faced with such choices, the Russian people support Putin. Read more in Counterpunch

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