The way to power in Russia is said to be fraught with difficulties. It’s clear Putin’s opposition find it to be so. The reelection of Putin comes on a scale that isn’t accepted in the West. He finds favour that no true candidate would find in America or the UK, let alone across the EU.
It isn’t believed also because it’s accepted Russian nationals aren’t able to properly mobilise a campaign large enough to compete. The state is simply too big, and all-encompassing, for such a small measure to work as undertaken by figures like Alexei Navalny.
The failure of Russians such as Navalny falls not into the realm of democracy but more protest politics. The affront Putin needed by the ballot box likely won’t come. It has to be achieved in other ways and this means successes are smaller and more pointed.
Fighting back
The attempt to make Putin unpopular is interpreted as insurrection in some ways because the claims made undermine the accepted opinion of the Russian state. In some ways it’s difficult to establish a truly democratic mission because the scale of misinformation impedes it.
The true character of Putin is less likely to be a mystery as some presume because Putin himself is devoted to his grip on Russia. He believes he’s more Russian than anyone else and he announces it in many different ways, one of which is his adherence to the advice of the military.
In the West, Putin comes across as willing to accept the strategy of his army and military partners. He’s engaged in a war with Ukraine that was not going to be overlooked. He clearly sets a greater deal of confidence in the mission of his military than in his own way of politics.
It’s at least the way at this time. He’s engaged in battle, as he sees it, for the future glory of Russia. He wants to regain a sense of the might and importance of the nation he was born into. It’s his drive to build Russia into a force to be reckoned with that shows he’s a serious war leader.
