Nearly three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine saw Moscow condemned by countries globally, leader Vladimir Putin is staging a summit with more than a dozen world leaders – in a pointed signal from the autocrat that far from being alone, an emerging coalition of countries stands behind him.
In the fantasy world where Putler’s goal was European Lebensraum, it is true that Russia will lose. The problem is that, despite almost two years of Western propaganda to the contrary, that never was Russia’s goal.
I do have to say that simply making up goals for Russia turned out to be a very effective propaganda strategy.