Now, after showing his muscle in Ukraine, Volodya, who the western media portray as a ruthless bully, almost a Czar, kind of mafia boss, a dictator/tyrant... has all his eyes set on the Winter Olympics XXII in Sochi, in the volatile neighbourhood down south, and finish it off successfully. So, he has been quiet for a while when the protests are ongoing in the streets of Kiev... just to make sure he is done with the Olympics first. And the western media are not helping either, trying to foil every attempt by Russia to make it a success by coming up with news about lack of preparedness, Russian anti-gay right stances, half-built hotels, Pussy Riot and what not? And I doubt it to stop even after a week or so when we are done with the Olympics... but then he won't stay quiet too long.
Russia ain;t as big a power as it used to be... but with Putin at helm, you can never write them off! Putin succeeded in preventing war in Syria and saving his ally Bashar al-Assad who was written off by rest of the world, can he do the same in Ukraine? Whatever it be, there will be another proxy war in Ukraine like in Syria where the opposite sides would fight against each other as a mere pawn of the West and Russia. So the games in the Olympics might be over but there will be another one beginning soon in the western neighbourhood of Russia!
Russia ain;t as big a power as it used to be... but with Putin at helm, you can never write them off! Putin succeeded in preventing war in Syria and saving his ally Bashar al-Assad who was written off by rest of the world, can he do the same in Ukraine? Whatever it be, there will be another proxy war in Ukraine like in Syria where the opposite sides would fight against each other as a mere pawn of the West and Russia. So the games in the Olympics might be over but there will be another one beginning soon in the western neighbourhood of Russia!
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