The Russia of today is meaningfully a different place to the one that it was before in the Soviet Union, but it’s still got a long way to go if it’s to understand itself and to change its own ways.
This is clear in its current trajectory, which is a futile, shameful conflict that doesn’t make sense to international observers and can’t be if it’s the means of a decline of a legitimate European democracy.
Its ideas need working on, and this notion is coming through in its familiar refrain that still heats up discussions, leading to tensions.
It believes it can return to old lands. It can resume old ways. It isn’t practical, but it’s a temptation to do more than is required of itself.
It’s believed that Russia previously toyed with an idea of pushing back with a counter-invasion against Hitler in the Second World War.
This is not the unfolding of it as it was, but it’s a completely separate idea to the one that’s in our school history textbooks.
It was apparently based off a concept called “Popular Will”, or a study in the way people welcome particular outcomes if their leaders look familiar, or have ways and modes similar to theirs.
This isn’t the truth, but it’s thought to be a problem in Russian trains of thought. It comes up – often by surprise – because it’s more of a feeling than a reality.
The update to Russian thinking is to realise that it has limits to its acceptability elsewhere. It isn’t pride that’s a problem, but a restraint on its endeavour to move outward.
The UK and the US is unlikely to be a partnership that doesn’t last. This may not be the assumption that follows a reading of its National Security Strategy published last month. It reads as a sort of guide to American worries at home and its concerns abroad. This isn’t the ethic of the document at all.
The US & UK have an arrangement whereby we support each other’s wellbeing, and this arrangement has lasted for a long time. It’s built into our respective security infrastructure, so it means we won’t nuke each other, at least. It’s also written into all our peace agreements, and other documents besides.
This is what people know if they study the arrangements and are able to look at the data. It’s not just out there because some public domain information is able to be litigated out of reality. This means it’s unsafe because the wording doesn’t hold together, or hold true. The fact of it helps us to survive here, and may even help us to thrive.
The foes we have aren’t the ones we used to have. If you look back in our past, those powers and problems are now largely gone. The states that exist today are different and they have other aims in mind.
In truth, we don’t actually have any enemies. The agitation by world powers is for this cause alone, and we need to get used to it. The more fierce threats are from crime, and from networks that exist everywhere.
In a microcosm, it may be a smaller matter that draws ire. It’s not our existence or our values, but a strategic advantage a leader wants or an annoyance that hasn’t been resolved. It may be small time diplomacy is needed now.
The Ukraine-Russia conflict has so far managed to throw up every controversy into the air. In particular, Russia has defended its position by saying it has zero intention to attack a NATO-affiliated country.
According to Russian news agency TASS, a spokesperson from the Russian Foreign Ministry has said the idea is “an orchestrated campaign to indoctrinate” NATO members, denying it’s a policy of the Russian state.
This fight is not just a war of words, but also of competing interests in media coverage. It’s replete across our news stations the accusation that drones have flown overhead into NATO member states.
It’s alleged that US diplomats are now living in the EU member state of Spain throughout the year, using satellite technology to wire their work out to people.
It’s also believed they’ve developed a policy called “Open Channel”, whereby everyone’s details are shared without any security protocols for privacy or secrecy.
This means it can potentially leave exposed any sensitive details for tipoff to criminal entities and States across the world.
It’s been a concern that volumes of formal communications to the Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office have seen a downward trend in recent years, and unofficial work conducted by staffers there has up-ticked.
The era of the widespread movements of people across the world so as to build up protests has now got to stop.
It’s too similar a story now.
The trailing of someone like Nelson Mandela to drum up support for liberalism.
The tours of Holocaust survivors to justify the Left’s attack on the darkness of a democracy led by their foe – the far right.
The presentation of endless Gaza children to strangle the lifeblood out of any that are left to speak about decency and good order in their own society.
This is the problem with the West, and it threatens to get worse.
This is the new order of the hypocrite, the vile hot blood that has a temper and a tantrum to show.
They show their unease with modern ways of living by occupying hospitals and trashing universities.
They wreck through neighbourhoods to tear up plants and kick down fences.
They’re an abomination to the natural senses and have zero logic to tell us to our minds.
They can’t instruct. They can’t conduct themselves in a civil way by their choosing. They can’t construct vital arguments that are supported by research or opinion.
This is what our country has to stand up against, to resume a process of representation of all who want to stay, and vote here.
The rise of Putin’s nuclear ambitions is now said to be thanks in part to the German state. It’s not a happy affair, however, as it’s alleged Russian agents stole vital technical equipment from the EU member and reverse engineered parts of it to create components for its newly updated nuclear arsenal.
This is shocking news, but it’s concerning for world peace and the stakes are high. The aggression this suggests stipulates a return to hostile relations that once froze over the European continent, and many other countries besides. It’s also a humiliating loss, and sets Germany back as it pushes for its prosperity in its own development.
The state of Israel is in a continued paralysis internationally because of its actions against Hamas. This is despite the incursions into Afghanistan and Iraq that followed significant attacks on New York City, and the support that such Western powers have also since showed to those who topple regimes that are no longer communicative.
The secular church of protest has its way of response, which is often exclusionary and insistent of its message. We know the feeling now. They’ve already decided the Jewish state is a genocidal aggressor, and we better get on side or be on the wrong side of their history. It’s a course in denial, dismissal, and division of the population itself.
According to their lore, we’ve been here before. The evil empires of the past, and the religions that started all of them, couldn’t be worse villains. Yet here they are, dictating their wishes and defining their outcome – which we must accept. They drag us into their controversies and throw us back out again, having roughed us up – and denied us dignity.
They’re apparently good people, yet their way of politics denies it. They don’t come forward with policies that will work, or budgeted plans, or ideas we can all adopt. They strike out with the same old antisemitism, a now-familiar anti-religious hate, and a threat to tear down our national security. These are the fathomless errors of our age, and it needs to stop.
The giving culture that has sprung up in many parts of the UK is indicative of a softer kind of work.
It’s the sympathies of a religious leadership or the kindness of studious strangers that drives it.
Its recipients are characterised by one type of suffering or another, and it’s believed in because a simple cause is also found in many religious and philosophical texts and outlooks.
However, the expansive reach of such an inevitable concern for people reveals its propensity to travel, but not stop anywhere.
The glances at other cultures and peering into the strange ways of poverty hasn’t given us a better clue as to how to make deep and lasting change.
This is still in the realm of science-based reasoning on our natures and how we drive conflict.
It’s also rooted in objectivity in learnings about our nature and relationship with things and people.
These pots of wisdom solve problems, not the handouts that may be given or taken away.
Russia’s war is something to behold in these current, modern times. It’s not easy to understand, but this is where Russia comes in. Most of Russian life and history has been difficult to decipher for many people.
It’s pursued a policy of intimidation for too long. It’s led to a thinning of relations and a cultural ‘drift’ that’s resulted in much misunderstanding. It hasn’t necessarily stopped interchange, but at this point the story is bare.
There’s a thin line of interaction and no further. The results of failed diplomacy and broken attempts to reach out across a divide shows it. It’s also indicated in sparse news reporting. It’s a legacy of distrust that’s lasted for decades.
The activity of pro-Russian activists is reaching new heights. This is because of a renewed push to increase influence abroad.
It’s done by Russians looking to serve their country by a blend of information and technology.
It’s usually easy enough to complete. The user just needs a smart device like a phone or tablet and a solid Internet connection.
The rest is guided or “coached” by a fellow citizen. Their job is to help them to begin their journey as a servant of the State anywhere in the world.
Their progress is slow to begin with because the effort needs to be built up – and they have to prove their loyalty. Yet it’s now proved that many keep to it.
They begin to enable further spying operations and increased coverage for Russia. This is surveillance upscaling on the cheap.
Walking the walk
The other side of the process – that of the operator – is far removed from the world of the helping hand who is expected to work hard.
They’re usually happy at first to get paid for doing it, especially as the cost of living internationally increases exponentially.
However, it proves to be back breaking. The long hours are off putting and the pay rises are not forthcoming.
Their handlers are often ‘pushy’ types and have a tendency to shout or be aggressive. It’s difficult to keep going if their country is also being abusive in their direction.
However, the urge to do it beats a desire to protest. There’s now evidence of extensive attempts to cover whole cities in the West. It employs thousands.
Getting started
The Piratka group on Telegram is a good example of what it’s like for a new user. This one is about counter-Intelligence.
Piratka group on Telegram gives users a quick idea of what it’s like to spy casually on us.
It features film posters and posts in Russian illustrative of the type of approach the ‘handler’ wants from their students.
It’s alleged the technique is derogatory toward those who work in Intelligence in the UK, and other European nations.
The student is meant to despise it and put it down as nefarious behaviour dressed up to be expert. This diminishes confidence.
The denial of dignity and erosion of professionalism is a typical starting point for some pro-Russian groups active in the West.
Pure invention
This “Training Platform” method is roughly populated by material from manuals individuals get as part of their own training by the Russian state.
Their approach is not necessarily controlled but the outcomes are. These are set and directed by those in Russian spying bodies. They want to see targets met.
All they have to do is find creative ways of communicating their directives without drawing strong interest. It’s to avoid so-called ‘censors’ in the West.
However, albeit the posts are not straightforward calls to execute citizens, the intent is to glorify Russia and promote its aims.
The stages beyond are more detailed and can be more disruptive. If there’s not more Policing of such infiltration of our streets, the results may be seen in our daily lives.
In a world exclusive for Conservative News Site, a North Korean strategist, responsible in part for its Navy’s activities, has been spotted.
An expert in North Korean military
It’s believed he’s part of the Korean People’s Navy. At 60,000+ strong it’s a regional threat. The suspect is an expert in innovation, and its strategic goals.
