any dictator or any authoritarian, they suffer from the same problem that they surround themselves with boot licker, so to say our, Yes, men. And those Yes, men, they are afraid just to report.
Kozyrev discusses the challenges faced by dictators in receiving truthful information from their advisors.
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It is less possible than overthrow him. That’s Russian tradition. They fear to tell the boss the truth, but one day they might come with a weapon and escort him either to the grave or to retirement.
That is less possible than overthrow him. That’s a Russian tradition. They fear to tell the boss the truth, but one day they might come with a weapon and escort him either to the grave or to retirement.
It’s not enough in any military confrontation. You cannot win a small skirmish, you cannot win especially large war like the one in Ukraine only being defensive.
But to keep sanctions before Russia becomes a normal country, a country to which you can rely to follow the rules, very simple rules. Otherwise, it will repeat itself every two, three years down the road.