It’s hard to sympathize with either side of the current revolt in Russia, writes Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy.
It’s hard to sympathize with either side of the current revolt in Russia, except that Prigozhin may have less power, but he has “balls.” He’s a grim thug, of course, but a thug with character, a trait that is in decline in the Russian government today. And strength of character is, contrary to so-called realists, and in politics and war, a great value. Prigozhin also controls serious resources, for which he got a “label” from Putin in his time….
It has become clear that Putinism is not Stalinism, and the difference is primarily in the control of resources. Under Stalin, resources were controlled 100 percent by the state, and as for resources to live luxuriously, they were almost non-existent. Even the dictator himself lived relatively modestly.
This time we are dealing with private control of resources by vassals tightly controlled by Putin, admittedly, but greed, ambition and related conflicts are not easy to control.
Hopefully, this brawl will widen the cracks of the fracturing empire enough so that the forces of GOOD can also benefit in the future.
