Twenty years ago, the young Putin took over the presidency from Yeltsin and became the president of Russia, and although Medvedev was president for a while, Russia is still at the helm of Putin. Putin once said, "Give me 20 years and give you a strong Russia." "20 years later, some people say that Russia is not strong, in fact, Putin has fulfilled his original promise, Russia is no longer like the Russia of 20 years ago." Putin has completely solved the Chechen problem, the Russo-Georgian war, the return of Crimea, and the invasion of Syria, which are all highlights of Russia.
However, some people say that in putin's 20 years in power, Russia has not changed much, and Putin has also copied the Soviet model, such as regular military parades, and inherited some commemorative ceremonies of the Soviet period. So some people think that Putin wants to follow the old path of the Soviet Union. Is this really the case?
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After Putin came to power, Yeltsin left behind many of them, most of whom were pro-Western politicians. Therefore, at the beginning of Putin's presidency, he continued Yeltsin's policy and made good friends with the West, and Russia interacted with Western countries a lot at that time. After the United States launched the war in Afghanistan, Putin supported the United States and even persuaded Central Asian countries to let the United States establish military bases.
However, after 8 years of exchanges, the Western countries did not want to accept Russia, and NATO continued to expand eastward, eventually breaking out into the Russo-Georgian War. Russia crippled Georgia with a quick slash. But Putin has not yet torn his face with the West, and it was not until 2014, when riots broke out in Ukraine, that Putin realized that the West really would not let Russia go. Soon After the return of Crimea, Putin broke with the West once and for all.
In 2014, Russia also sent troops to Syria at the invitation of Syria, which made it difficult for the United States to deal with for a while. It also marked Russia's break with the West.
Since then, Russia and the West have often scolded each other, and the United States has led Western countries to impose sanctions on Russia, when Putin and Obama have no less competition. It even recreates the scene of the Us-Soviet hegemony during the Cold War.
For Putin's approach, the outside world has different opinions, some people think that Putin is too capable of tossing, tossing Russia has not developed much, but has been sanctioned by the West. In fact, Russia and the West do not have much economic development, and the effect of sanctions is not great. Russia is an energy power, and some European countries also need to develop relations with Russia. Therefore, Russia is not weakening, in fact, Russia is still developing under Putin's leadership.
Putin's all-out confrontation with the West is not a retracement of the old Soviet path, but took place when it was intolerable. The United States has led NATO's continuous eastward expansion, first provoking trouble in Georgia and then in Ukraine. Ukraine is very important to Russia, if Ukraine falls to the West, the Russian hinterland will directly face NATO, which is a great threat to Russia. Faced with this situation, Putin can no longer bear it.
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In the eyes of Russians, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia will definitely integrate into the West, but did not expect that the United States did not want to accept Russia, the CIA planned to dismember Russia into many small countries, and eventually Russia disappeared. Such a sinister plan, how can Putin befriend the United States. It can only be comprehensively dealt with.
After Puttin confused Ukraine, he once again sent troops to Syria to help the Syrian government forces and basically eliminate the rebels in Syria. Russia has no money, how to go to war? The purpose of Putin's invasion of Syria is not to help Syria fight a war, in addition to protecting Russia's naval base in Syria, Russia must jump out of the encirclement of the United States.
The United States has actually drawn a large encirclement of Russia and Europe. For example, the "Arab Spring" that broke out in 2011 was a year formed by the encirclement circle of the United States, Syria almost lost its government, Qaddafi died, Libya was in chaos, and it is still in the midst of civil war, Yemen is also in turmoil, and Egypt and Tunisia are also in chaos.
What does the chaos in the Arab region of the Middle East have to do with Russia? The Middle East region was once the Soviet Union's sphere of influence, and from the perspective of the country, Syria and Iran did not depend on the United States, so if Syria was first destroyed and then Iran was brought down, the United States basically occupied the Middle East region.
The Arab countries of North Africa are also the region dominated by the "color revolution" in the United States. After controlling this region, it actually controlled the Mediterranean Sea, and it was difficult for Russia to come out in the future, and it was firmly sealed in the north.
The United States' control of the Arab region in the Middle East also has a great impact on Europe and is also a way to weaken Europe. For example, after the wars in Syria and Libya, many refugees flocked to Europe. Later, Europe could not accept so many people, and the European Union paid Turkey to control illegal immigration.
After the United States disrupted the Middle East and the Arab region, Europe not only had difficulty in obtaining oil resources, but also suffered from the United States. Europe's fate was miserable.
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During Putin's administration, many things were done to restore and retain the Soviet Union, especially the anniversary of the Soviet period, and Putin asked the relevant Russian departments to commemorate it with great fanfare. And, like the Soviet Union, medals were awarded to those who had made outstanding contributions.
In some of his public speeches, Putin's evaluation of Soviet leaders was also objective, especially Stalin's evaluation, not as radical as before.
Some say Putin is about to restore the Soviet system. In fact, it is impossible for Putin to restore the Soviet system, Putin only wants to commemorate history and not forget the history of the Soviet Union.
Putin is a president with a strong view of history, and after he became president, the West set off an attempt to deny the history of the Soviet Union, such as Poland, which denied the achievements of the Soviet Union in World War II, believing that the Soviet Union was the initiator of World War II like Germany. Even the United States denies the Soviet Union's History of World War II.
In addition to putin and the relevant Russian departments vigorously refuting it, the Western countries have not given up suppressing Russia. Putin knows very well that there must be no ambiguity on historical issues, and that it must be carried forward with great fanfare, especially the history of the Soviet Union. Without Soviet history, there would be no Russia. The West's attempt to deny soviet history is also sinister, and if history is tampered with and Russia's history is not recognized, then Russia is dangerous.
To sum up, Putin has only restored the historical traditions of the Soviet Union, which is conducive to the comprehensive inheritance of Soviet history, and Putin's approach is very clever.
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