If contemporary Russia terrifies you, wait until you see the next one, which Vladimir Putin is currently designing and assembling with a new elite that could rule in 10-20 years.
The USA sanctioned Artyom Zhoga, 49, who was born in the far northern province of Magadan, Russia. He swiftly transitioned from being a pro-Russian insurgent in Ukraine's Donbass region to becoming the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Ural region. Zhoga is just one example of the people who, according to Putin, should be the future leaders of Russia.
Another example is Amyr Argamakov, a war veteran who participated in the Russian war first in Syria and then Ukraine. This thirty-year-old man recently became a senator in his native region of Altay.
If the idea of war criminals defining the future of Russia doesn't scare you, wait until you hear about Russia initiating a massive pro-birth campaign.
In Russia, it is already illegal and punishable to state publicly that you would like to avoid having kids to boost birth.
Education is also not required. At one point, Russian Senator Margarita Pavlova suggested that women should avoid education because educated women tend to have fewer children.
Vladimir Putin wants more soldiers. Preferably uneducated. More meat.
He doesn't need too many educated people in his future Russia. His oil and gas pipelines, or refineries, require only a few million people to manage, service, and provide maintenance. That’s more than enough to financially maintain the regime.
Vladimir Putin needs future soldiers for the armies that Zhoga and Argamakov will lead.
One disaster leads to another
We are now witnessing two catastrophes unravelling. One catastrophe follows another.
The first catastrophe is the ongoing war in Ukraine, which the West was unable to prevent, nor was it able to make Russia regret starting it.
The world is now witnessing Russia’s deviation on progress, part II. Russia is transforming from a government of thieves into one of war criminals.
When Boris Yeltsin first appointed him in 1999, Vladimir Putin was neither immediately deviant nor nearly as despotic as he is now.
The new Russians are convinced that it is Russia's legitimate business to meddle in the affairs of other countries
His deviation was progressing over the years dominantly because he was not facing any resistance by the West, which was trying to avoid escalation on the one hand, and on the other hand, the West was convinced that Russia is an internal business of the Russian people.
Vladimir Putin shaped the Russian people over the years, so that geopolitics has become the main aspect around which the Russian people build their sense of patriotism.
The new Russians are convinced that it is Russia's legitimate business to meddle in the affairs of other countries. According to the domestic narrative, Russia's military might and its devotion to true Russian Orthodox Christianity determine this right.
Vladimir Putin's personal deprivation caused the current Russian generation's depravity.
The rise of the veteran
During Vladimir Putin's quarter-century reign, which was accompanied by massive anti-western indoctrination, the desire for global dominance by the Russian people, as well as Vladimir Putin's own agenda to see Russia as a world suzerain, reached their peak.
The Russian people have a strong desire to defeat the West, and as a result, they view the appointments of veterans who fought against Ukraine to high positions with understanding and even envy.
War veterans will continue penetrating into Russia’s higher echelons of power
We have reached a point where the desire to end the current one in an acceptable, if not desirable, form can trigger a future catastrophe.
In either case, Vladimir Putin will continue to bribe veterans and normalise the war.
If the war ends now due to a peace agreement or if it continues in its current format without presenting any dramatic scenes to the Russian people, particularly those in Moscow, Putin will continue to sacralise the war.
In either scenario, war veterans will continue penetrating into Russia’s higher echelons of power because Vladimir Putin himself and people around him will continue normalising war and identifying it as something sacred, if not saintly.
Super deviant Russia
Not only does Vladimir Putin need the public presence of veterans to maintain a comfortable level of aggressive patriotism among the Russian majority, but also because Putin himself has developed a maniacal fetish towards the war and those who fought there.
If nothing unexpected occurs in the current scenario, veterans and war criminals will soon occupy all levels of the Russian government.
We are currently observing a destabilised Russia intensifying its actions by allowing war veterans and criminals to infiltrate its ranks
At that point, Russia will transform into a super-deviant nation. It will feature a significantly more deviant form of government than the current one.
If we compare the current Russian government to Cosa Nostra, Vladimir Putin's cultivation of it with war veterans will contain a deeper anti-western ideology and bear a striking resemblance to radical groups like Hamas or Hezbollah.
We are currently observing a destabilised Russia intensifying its actions by allowing war veterans and criminals to infiltrate its ranks. These individuals have already perpetrated numerous heinous crimes in Ukraine and are determined to carry out further atrocities on a broader global level.
