Russia wanted to be a part of Western imperialism but the US rejected it, because it wanted Russia to be on the menu instead of at the table. The post-Soviet neoliberal shock therapy was a Global North plundering, which in Russia started under Yeltsin and ended under Putin, and the US still wants to finish the job it started.
Russia wanted to be a part of Western imperialism but the US rejected it, because it wanted Russia to be on the menu instead of at the table. The post-Soviet neoliberal shock therapy was a Global North plundering, which in Russia started under Yeltsin and ended under Putin, and the US still wants to finish the job it started.
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Now Russia, out of necessity, has joined the Global South majority against the imperialist Global North minority.