A few articles, of many

[selenak]

Another rl interruption to my fannish postings.

A reporter describes life under siege at Mariupol, and the Russian hunt for journalists there ( he's out of the city now)

Interview with Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova (the one who protested at the prime time evening news on Russian TV)


Interview about Putin with political scientist Ivan Krastev, who met him. One thing he mentions of that conversation was so absurd and yet so telling that I have to quote it: He considered the fact that primarily women were responsible for Russia policy in the Obama administration to be an intentional attempt to humiliate him.

Comments

[liriaen]

Thank you for sharing these. Especially the Krastev interview on Spiegel Int'l is making me run for cover. Brutal truths.

[selenak]

Quite. And short of a palace coup, that man will remain with us for at least another decade. I don't even want to think of a scenario where he's in power and the Orange Menace (or a like-minded other Republican) becomes US President in 2024.

[liriaen]

Caught between utter volatility and the stasis of power. Should we hope for a palace coup? Or fear it? And the US elections '24 my gawd. If I spend too long thinking about it, I turn into a gibbering wreck.

[goodbyebird]

Thanks for this.

[selenak]

You're welcome!

[viggorlijah]

The krastev interview was great, a lot packed into a short piece.

[selenak]

*nods* Indeed.