Suva-ivani arvamus ahju peal siberis jah ei loe midagi, aga kui establishment kes oli harjunud Läänes, näit. Vahemere ääres laiama, ei saa seda enam suuresti teha, sest raha on vähem ja vähematel, ning neid vaadatakse igalpool pigem kui idikaid ja uksed sulguvad, majandus on pekkis (interbank rate 16%+) jne. siis kusagil midagi peab lõpuks muutuma. Kõik ju näevad, et riik on kersekursil. 1 putler pole suurem kui kogu tiblastan kokku. Miskid populaarsed tähekesed ja nüüd rohkem juba ka insiderid sõna võtmas sõja vastu ja vb pinda vaikselt ettevalmistamas…
Steve Rosenberg, BBC: "…inside Russia, there are signs of a growing public discourse on whether it is time to end the war.
I see evidence of it even in the country’s highly controlled media landscape.
Writing in the journal Russia In Global Affairs, which has close links to the country’s foreign policy establishment, political scientist Vasily Kashin recently concluded: “The goal of eliminating the anti-Russian regime in Ukraine at the current stage is fundamentally unachievable without the complete military occupation of the entire country, including the western part, for a long period. For Russia this is technically impossible.”
A few days later, pro-Kremlin tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets quoted political commentator Alexander Nosovich: “The expert community is split between those in favour of continuing the special military operation until the goals are achieved, and those who believe it’s time to end it, since the worst-case scenario is not even defeat, it’s an endless special operation.”
In the same paper, lawyer Dmitry Krasnov argued that, throughout Russian history, “it was lost wars and humiliating truces that regularly led to new breakthroughs, reforms and surprisingly to new victories… major geopolitical losses were sometimes more useful than brilliant victories”.
In a country whose national idea has been shaped around the concept of Russia as a nation of victors and victories, it was astonishing to see such an article in print.
Was it hinting that Russia should end its war on Ukraine without achieving its goals?