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The people are the victims. I hope the Pashtuns can go home soon.
Oh but they won't. Afghanistan is part of their turf, as much as Pakistan.
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I don't know if "socialism" is possible in an Islamic State. But I read that after the ....
"Third Anglo-Afghan War, the British conceded Afghanistan's full independence. King Amanullah afterwards wrote to Moscow (now under Bolshevik control) desiring for permanent friendly relations. Vladimir Lenin replied by congratulating the Afghans for their defense against the British, and a treaty of friendship between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union was finalized in 1921."
All these people are tribal, Orbiter.
Socialism is tribal too, so really not much of the controversy here.
So once you send out all muslim women to work (as it was back in Soviet days,) and men lose control over them, this undermines the power of Islam right there.
That's how it was in Central Asia.
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Right after that bozo crashed into the US Embassy in Chongqing. Then, it took quite a long time to weed out the worms, still ongoing. Some of those stolen money were used to buy up oilsands investments too. Now they are more savvy and invested in xx million properties and turned them into spas (read brothels) and bars (read underground gambling dens and money-laundering).
These are real estate developers based in a foreign country, so successful that the young people in HK are priced out of a tiny condo. Of course, western countries can absorb these people.
In another 20 years, or may be earlier, with the help of their buddies, these temples could disappeared and replaced by highrises.
I am not aware of all these fine details.
You probably should be much more aware of them, since I've heard that the wealthy Chinese were buying the real estate in Canada in droves. ( Vancouver first of all - I know that much. )
...except for there will be no "country's future" without this military spending.
If Crimea would have been taken by Americans as planned, and Russians would have been left without the military base in the Black Sea, this would have been a direct blow to Russian military operations in Syria, since Sevastopol was the "stopover port" for this purpose.
And if Americans (with the help of Saudis) would have overthrown Assad, the Russian gas pipe to Germany ( as the source of revenue among other things) would have been taken out of the game.
But hey, the salaries in Russia ( supposedly) would have been twice as high ( according to you) "without sanctions."
All true, but this doesn't mean Russia needs to have military spending as #1 priority, most countries in the world including the US are able to keep their military up to date having the spending at #3-4 positions - instead they invest more in education, infrastructure, health care etc.
Russia's leadership has Soviet mindset - that's the only reason for overspending on the military, and it's same reason we see attacks on freedom of speech and expression, suppression of the opposition and anemic economy dominated by state-owned mega-corporations.
Russia definitely needs fresh blood in the government to move forward as a democratic country, but Tsar Putin wouldn't release his grasp of the throne.
All true, but this doesn't mean Russia needs to have military spending as #1 priority, most countries in the world including the US are able to keep their military up to date having the spending at #3-4 positions - instead they invest more in education, infrastructure, health care etc.
"Most countries" out there are not standing on US way yo achieve the world domination.
But Russia does.
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Russia's leadership has Soviet mindset - that's the only reason for overspending on the military, and it's same reason we see attacks on freedom of speech and expression, suppression of the opposition and anemic economy dominated by state-owned mega-corporations.
As during the Soviet times - it's all about the "security of state."
Or rather about the "security of the ruling class in Russia," but while providing their own security, they provide the security for the whole state.
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Russia definitely needs fresh blood in the government to move forward as a democratic country, but Tsar Putin wouldn't release his grasp of the throne.
Back to the exhibit "A" and everything that took place in the 90ies.
Putin is the one in whose hands Yeltsin placed all the accommodated power back in the 90ies.
Putin ( and his financial/political power) didn't pop out of nowhere.
He got it from Yeltsin, who was backed by Clintons in each and every way.
It's when Yeltsin passed (initially blessed by American gov.) his oligarchic power to Putin, unexpectedly so, all of a sudden it became a *great inconvenience.*
As during the Soviet times - it's all about the "security of state."
Or rather about the "security of the ruling class in Russia," but while providing their own security, they provide the security for the whole state.
It works the same way in the US but with that security requirement covering the entire globe.
Because these particular events took place in Stavropol, and Stavropol is as close as it gets to Kuban' region. ( To me it's all the same.)
So I've read something funny on their facebook regarding these events;
"Photos of a high-ranking Russian traffic cop’s gaudy mansion, including a golden toilet seat and painted ceilings, have gone viral after he was arrested for bribery and abuse of power, along with other police officers. Alexey Safonov, the head of the southern Stavropol region's traffic police, was detained on Tuesday. The authorities believe he was the head of a criminal organization."
"What horror" the girl wrote, "no one cares about the bribes, the amount of money that are stolen; this already doesn't seem to bother anyone.
What everyone is anxious about, is that the gaudy taste of our officials is now exposed to the whole world"
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Some of those stolen money were used to buy up oilsands investments too. Now they are more savvy and invested in xx million properties and turned them into spas (read brothels) and bars (read underground gambling dens and money-laundering).
