Boris Johnson has previously argued in favor of EU sanctions against Russia, and compared the World Cup in Russia (in 2018) to Hitler's 1936 Olympics.
But now, the media is suggesting that he is ‘Putin’s puppet’.
Please god can we not bring the deranged Russiagate conspiracy theory to the UK?
Sure, the ‘Russia report’ should be released.
But chances are, it involves corruption with anti-Putin Russian elites - the oligarchs who became extortionately rich and powerful in the 90s after the west imposed neoliberal shock therapy on Russia, and who were then tamed/prosecuted when Putin came to power.
And the constant insinuation that all corruption emanates from Russia is absurd, and Russophobic.
There’s loads of powerful people who want Russia to be our enemy, for all kinds of reasons - none of them good. Yes, Tory corruption should obviously be made public, but let’s just be careful not to encourage the new cold war and push us closer to nuclear catastrophe!
No comments:
Post a Comment