Vladimir Lenin, the instigator of the Bolshevik coup, described the first Russian revolutionary Decembrists in the following way in his article “In Memory of Herzen” published in 1912: “Their circle is narrow. And they are completely distant from the people.”
On the morning of December 14, 1825, a group of tsarist military officers led soldiers to Senate Square in St. The goal of the Decembrists was to abolish the monarchy, abolish serfdom and establish democratic reforms. Almost 200 years have passed since the Decembrist revolution. Today, a dictator who sees himself as an irreplaceable tsar sits on the throne of power in Russia – Vladimir Putin. Today’s Decembrists – the Russian opposition – opposed it.
I remembered this article by Lenin while watching the recent press conference of Russian political prisoners Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Andrey Pivovarov. They were released as part of an August 1 exchange between several Western countries and Russia. The next day, they met with journalists at the “Deutsche Welle” studio in Bonn.
And then the strangest thing began – they all asked the West to abandon the sanctions against Russia, because they affect “ordinary Russian people” who are “against Putin’s rule”.
But these claims are not true. In the Russian presidential elections held in March this year, 87% of voters voted for Vladimir Putin. Independent sociological polls also show that the majority of Russians support the war.
2024-08-07 21:00:54
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