Putin, Honduras and Szijjártó

I will start with Ulas Samchuk, with his apt characterization of human nature, which cancels the demagoguery of authoritarian populists. “...When a privileged class consists of a bunch of bandits or a human scum, whether it is thrice proletarian or bourgeois, it has no value. It's not about the proletariat or the bourgeoisie. It is about a human being. And nothing else.”

Having made a correction for our time (Samchuk lived in the times of the 'victorious proletarian revolution' and 'class struggle'), I can conclude that the current Russian dictator (the most expressive example of human scum) subconsciously understands his inferiority. Despite his loud statements about imperial greatness, about the fact that if Russia wants to, it will crush any enemies into dust, about the special, exemplary Russian morality for the world... This inferiority, I would say, is the baseness of a 'small man' (hello Dostoevsky!) pushes him to take senseless and unacceptable steps. Of course, the Kremlin old man's chaotic movements are also driven by the hopelessness he has created himself, the reality of a failed war against Ukraine, and the almost universal disgust with the aggressor, murderer, and looter.

“One can only imagine what is going on in the sclerotic brains of the 'leader' who, just yesterday, was enjoying the attention of world politicians, believed that he was deciding the fate of billions together with them, and posed for joint photos with the leaders of the world's most powerful states. And now... Now he has to be satisfied with the attention of part-time leaders of countries not even in the 'third world'”

One can only imagine what is going on in the sclerotic brains of the 'leader' who, just yesterday, was enjoying the attention of world politicians, believed that he was deciding the fate of billions together with them, and posed for joint photos with the leaders of the world's most powerful states. And now... Now he has to be satisfied with the attention of part-time leaders of countries that are not even 'third world', to grovel before the leaders of the Shanghai Organization, who recently looked him in the eye, hoping for their own benefits. It is well understood that even those who call Russia an ally or partner do so based on their own interests, which are not very friendly to Moscow.

Now he is friends with a 'loyal ally' – Syria's dictator Assad, and has Emmerson Mnangagwa as an interlocutor, the Zimbabwean autocrat who came to power in a coup against Robert Mugabe, who was odious even by the standards of the 'black continent.' According to the Russian 'leader,' friendship with Zimbabwe is 'time-tested.'

Now Putin, the loser, is forced to smile at diplomats from Honduras, the poorest country in Latin America, which is still recovering from a series of coups and dictatorships. And, interestingly, after such cataclysms, the Russian 'tsar' scares his new friends with the threat of 'color revolutions.' Exported, of course, from the United States, which sees its interests everywhere and seeks to impose dubious 'values' on everyone.

“The loser Putin is forced to smile at diplomats from Honduras, the poorest country in Latin America, which is still reeling from a series of coups and dictatorships.”

I will repeat Samchuk once again: “It's not about the proletariat or the bourgeoisie. It is in the individual. And only about a man.”

As for Europe, Putin's only consolation is Orban and his foreign policy sledgehammer, Péter Szijjártó. Every day, this figure utters phrases that, I am sure, please the ears of the Moscow patron. For example, he recently promised that Budapest would “do everything” to prevent Ukraine from becoming a NATO member.

The behavior of Orbán's diplomat, as well as the political practices of the ruling Fidesz party and its representative as the president, call into question Hungary's membership in any alliances of truly democratic countries. Rather, it is better suited to Putin's company – Syria, Zimbabwe, and Honduras. “With whom you lead, from this and pick up.”

“The behavior of Orbán's diplomat, as well as the political practices of the ruling Fidesz and its representative as the president, call into question Hungary's membership in any alliances of truly democratic countries.”

And if for Szijjártó the war with Russia is an obstacle to Ukraine's accession to NATO, he should at least not hint (indeed, sometimes speak almost directly) about Budapest's territorial claims to Ukrainian Zakarpattia. If anyone still has doubts that such things happen spontaneously, emotionally, I must disappoint these gullible people. I have long written that, perhaps, over time, documents signed by Orban or Szijjarto and the Kremlin's top brass on the division of Ukraine after the successful Russian occupation will be revealed. The plans turned out to be illusory, and now they have to make all sorts of nonsense to hide the true intentions of our 'neighbors,' so to speak.

After all, from time to time, politicians speak out ideas that have been lodged in their brains, attributing them to others. On the eve of the Ukrainian president's successful visit to Warsaw, the head of the Russian Federation's foreign intelligence service, Sergei Naryshkin, once again spoke nonsense: “Gaining control over the western territories of modern Ukraine, over the so-called former eastern kresy, is a dream of Polish nationalists. It is already becoming an element of national ideology (?! - Author). Therefore, the Polish leadership cannot give up this idea anymore.” Of course, that is why Warsaw is intensively arming Ukraine…

We can only be proud that Ukraine, defending the free world from Putin's invasion, has worthy allies and friends. As for Moscow... After our victory, the fragment that remains of the arrogant federation (worthless in itself – again to Samchuk) will consider it an honor when someone pays attention to it.

About the author. Ihor Hulyk, journalist, editor-in-chief of the Espreso website. 

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