"Russia's Health Ministry said on March 14 that the healthcare system continues to be supplied with nirmatrelvir and other drugs used to treat coronavirus. (Nirmatrelvir was developed by Pfizer and is marketed in the West as Paxlovid. In Russia it’s sold under the brand Skyvira.) [tass.ru]"
Drugs used to treat a virus which has never been shown to exist via physical isolation and purification.
"The number of new cases of HIV infection in Russia has decreased by almost a third over five years, according to Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko. [interfax.ru]"
Infections caused by an alleged virus which even the man who got a Nobel Prize in Medicine (2008) for allegedly discovering it, Luc Montagnier, admitted in a 1997 interview with French media that it did not cause AIDS, and further admitted that in fact he never properly isolated this alleged organism.
RT says the same thing about Putin as Edward!!! Afshin Rattansi on RT said that Putin screwed up by trusting the west, does not fire for any screw-ups, that Putin did not want to help the Donbass but was pressed by the Communists, and that there is a wasteful war of attrition caused by Putin indecision.
“We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy and allegations that it is not what it should be. Our democracy is the best, and we will continue to develop it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week.
"We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy and allegations that it is not what it should be. Our democracy is the best, and we will continue to develop it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week."
Actually Russia's democracy is very similar to the US as DNC liberals are equally intolerant of populism.😁
In response to the commenter 'Mr Boscohorowitz' but also to make a few points about some aspects of what's playing out on the world stage that seem to be invisible or not obvious to everyone (being based in the Global South helps), especially when you are based in-between the two sides:
We are in the midst of two massive empire-building projects. One in the East and one in the West. These two projects overlap with each other.
In the East it's mainly about the Belt and Road initiative and it's related schemes combined with the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
In the West it's involves the 'Build Back Better World' , the PGII and the Global Gateway also combined with the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The two sides are in competition with each other, but the unifying principle is the Fourth Industrial Revolution. On this aspect both sides fully promote, support and support it because it's crucial for implementing their empire building projects, so they collaborate on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution requires enormous amounts of raw materials, especially minerals as it involves the rolling out of a large variety of 'sustainable solutions' that basically all come down to the implementation of a plethora of new technologies all of which need to be manufactured at scale with minerals.
Both sides have mapped where the minerals are and a new scramble for resources are on in Africa, South America and S.E. Asia, but also other parts of the world.
It's a new scramble for Africa and the world and it's all about which side is going to win the race.
Note how many articles appear in RT these days about 'decolonising Africa', even that was already done in the 80's and 90's.
History returns because the previous 'decolonisation' during the old Cold War was about removing any colonial or White governments for easier access to raw materials directly from African leaders (the colonial administrations didn't give the resources away so easily to all and sundry for 'commissions'), and that was of course what the 'anti-apartheid' movement was all about too. With this new scramble for resources, Africa needs to be 'decolonised' all over again with the help of benevolent imperial nations on both sides. Note all the articles on RT in recent weeks about it's legacy in Africa of helping African nations gain their independence and freedom and how Africa now needs Russia more than ever?
For a number of insights on some on of the above it's worth watching the through the following couple of presentation and any presentations by the same presenter:
Here is some background from the China perspective by Francisco Jose Leandro (China Daily Feb 23-29). Article: 'BRI kickstarts global growth efforts: China's initiative inspires others to launch similar economic globalization frameworks:
Excerpts:
"The BRI [Belt and Road Initiative] has prompted other economies to launch similar initiatives to advance economic development both regionally and globally. For instance the G7 member states launched the "Build Back Better World" initiative in 2021 and the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment in 2022 to mobalize $600 billion for global infrastructure investments by 2027, and the European Union proposed the "Global Gateway" in 2021 to boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport sectors and strengthen education, healthcare, and research systems across the world. More importantly, the BRI is challenging the monoploy of the West in the postwar world order, as it represents a framework of collaborative practices to present quasi-global solutions to common global problems. [ETC - see rest of article].
China has laid down the important guiding principles for high quality BRI cooperation, which include the principles of "planning together, building together, and benefiting together", the philosophy of open, green, and clean cooperation, and the persuit of "high-standard, people-centred, and sustainable". All these initiatives are aimed at connecting markets and production centres around the world to ensure the unimpeded flow of goods as well as to raise social capital". Full article:
Another question I have for which I can find very little clear information online is the following:
2: What is the Russian concept of a civilisation? We see that in a lot of the promotional materials and philosophical discussions (Alexander Dugin's and Andrew Korybko, for example) surrounding multipolarity and the BRICS-formation, they speak of BRICS being built on the basis of respect for different civilisations. However, the way peoples (cultures/groups) perceive the concept of a civilisation differ.
It would seem that in the Russian (and Asian?) interpretation of civilisations, it comes down to a form of regionalism. So for example, Southern Africa (or even South Africa) could be considered a civilisation from that perspective, even though from a Western perspective South Africa consists of multiple nations (different language groups and ethnicities) so it consists of more than one type of civilisation; an African one and a European that exist side-by-side).
But, from the perspective of promoters of BRICS and multipolarity, Southern Africa (for example) appear (to them) to be/have one civilisation. My take on this is that the BRICS-planners are using a false construct of what civilisations are (conceptually) to artificially amalgamate a number or cultures and civilisations into regional constructs that are called civilisations to establish a paradigm that does not conform with the classic concept of what civilisations are,
However this could well be the way Russians or Asians view the concept, but if that's the case then the question arises why foreign interpretations of what civilisations are should be imposed upon member-states (or the peoples within them). The problem with any form of centralization is of course that it undermines the preservation of unique cultural models and genuine diversity.
I disagree that Putin was foolish to trust the west. What that has cost Russia so far is chump change compared to what it could and tries to be. I see him playing for the global audience.
Act 1: I'm willing to negotiate
Act 2: and sign agreements.
Act 3: I'm patient and understand that binding agreements which work often require several approaches.
Act 4: I'm through talking. From here on, any agreements will be iron-clad with the threat of severe financial and physical force behind them.
Putin is a gangster. Unlike most of the global gangsters, he's actually fairly street-smart, having grown up on same. I don't see Putin being played at all by the globalists. On the geopolitical scale, I see him playing some very savvy statesmanship chess.
On the domestic scene, however, he is increasingly in water over his head, imo. He has one term left in which to make his lasting mark.
But I see that less a result of nefarious globalist oligarch schematics and more a result just what everyone in this late-stage human epoch is about: crazy, half-cocked, delusional utopian jive that will never work.
He is the guy who said the following just a few days ago. I don't think he buys into the alt energy/no carbon bandwagon the way people say he does. I think he goes along to get along, knowing that alt energy will be just more economically abandoned/war-wrecked scrap/toxic waste:
Both the West and East (especially Russia and China) are fully on-board with the
'green' transition and the 4th Industrial Revolution. Putin is a bit more honest about it though as he states clearly that we cannot do away with hydrocarbons no matter what, but at the same time Russia and China (especially) are hoping to profit from the transition in a number of ways (you just need to read the China Weekly roundup to see how much they are promoting the 4th Industrial Revolution - the consider themselves to already be leading the way and are requesting their business partners to come onboard - Africa in particular because much/most of the mineral resources needed for the 4IR are in Africa.
In a nutshell it comes down to a lot of new mining (for minerals) in places where mining wasn't done before, which is why Russia has been so active in Africa of late. The "green" transition is (supposed to be) a transition from fossil fuel extraction to minerals extraction, but what Putin is stating is there would be both - it would not be a full transition fully away from fossil fuels, because renewable energies cannot in practice replace fossil fuel energy generation, it's simply not feasible technically.
Putin is a realist: we will extract every resource we can afford to in pursuit of our wants and desires. If we could isolate souls from bodies we'd harvest or yoke them. Maybe Jeebus or super-duper aliens will rescue us from ourselves. Maybe not.
RE: “We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy and allegations that it is not what it should be. Our democracy is the best, and we will continue to develop it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week. [ria.ru]"
What do ya know! That sounds a lot like what our local plutocrat puppet is saying here in Canada!
Except our local davos shill wants to take it a step further and go full on thought police mode on any of us unruly peasants that point out how much of a scam their 1984 flavored brand of "democracy" is:
“Trudeau Demands Life In Prison For Speech Crimes...
...Canada’s Liberal Party also seeks incarceration for crimes that haven’t been committed”
RE: "A policy designed to boost import-substitution in agriculture has led to a shortage of seeds and the possibility of higher food prices in Russia"
Sounds like you are in an ideal position to become an heirloom seed mogul in the village my friend!
I suggest focusing on scaling cultivation of the Elderberry, Goji Berry, Amarnath, Current Tomato and Chiltepin peppers seeds I sent you. They can all produce a ton of seeds and they`ll do well in a relatively short growing season.
Take care of yourself and happy seed starting brother!
I think that you’ll find that the Netherlands is in the top 4 agricultural exporters in the world. And that’s pretty oddly I’d agree. In fact according to this article it’s #2
To be fair much of the Dutch agricultural exports are either re-exports, non-edibles (flowers) and agricultural machinery.
Even with that in mind by some metrics the Dutch are still the most efficient farmers in the world.
But the Dutch government has decided that it needs the farmlands (about 60% of the country) for other purposes..
Overcrowding, with 425.40 people per square kilometer, and strict (mad) environmental policies are rapidly eroding the Dutch agricultural sector. Where I live I can see farmers closing up shop on a nearly daily basis.
Love that “Sustainable Goals” that comes up on the website. As if a 45 million urban conglomeration, covering lots of previous farmland. would even be close to being sustainable.
Once again, thanks for the informative news update, Mr Waggaman.
Question/Request 1:
I'm sure you are a busy person and I'm not sure if you take requests, but here goes:
I have a request for information involving a couple of questions which you could perhaps provide indirectly in a future article and/or alternatively perhaps by recommending some reading material/s.
For people outside of Russia who do not have a comprehensive understanding of Russian society and politics (but who would like to understand it better), clarity on the following subject could be useful:
1. What is the difference between White Russians and Red Russians? What are their worldviews in a nutshell? How do they view the formation of BRICS respectively with Russia as one of the leading members of the grouping (are they for or against, or ambivalent?)
Some reasons for my request and some general comments: Although a lot of people did not like The Saker, his blog used to sometimes deal with such type of subjects and he had external contributors, some who wrote quite autonomously and originally and giving fresh perspectives from some regions (Serbia and South Africa for example), even if not all of his followers liked him hosting such alternative or contrarian contributions (it's now harder to find such contributions anywhere).
In other words, for all his flaws he did contribute value to a relatively broad spectrum of readers. Notable was that people from South America, Southern Africa as well as Asia were quite regularly commenting there, providing for additional opinions or insights.
In other words we did not just think of countries (Brazil or South Africa for example) as homogeneous nations consisting of one unifying world-view and in the case of BRICS we understood better that all BRICS member states are countries consisting of multiple ethnicities, languages, subcultures
To get back to the main point; what was intriguing was that the Saker said he was a White Russian and an anti-communist. What's interesting about that is that one would have thought that someone who is anti-collectivist would be against centralisation (such as E.U. or BRICS), but then he also stated he was a monarchist (being for another form of centralisation), so we was not against centralisation per se, just against communism (se he wasn't against the fries, only the type of ketchup on top of it).
A further question to conclude this segment: Are both White and Red Russians centralists who (pro-centralization) but just supporting different factions?
"Russia's Health Ministry said on March 14 that the healthcare system continues to be supplied with nirmatrelvir and other drugs used to treat coronavirus. (Nirmatrelvir was developed by Pfizer and is marketed in the West as Paxlovid. In Russia it’s sold under the brand Skyvira.) [tass.ru]"
Drugs used to treat a virus which has never been shown to exist via physical isolation and purification.
"The number of new cases of HIV infection in Russia has decreased by almost a third over five years, according to Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko. [interfax.ru]"
Infections caused by an alleged virus which even the man who got a Nobel Prize in Medicine (2008) for allegedly discovering it, Luc Montagnier, admitted in a 1997 interview with French media that it did not cause AIDS, and further admitted that in fact he never properly isolated this alleged organism.
https://viroliegy.com/2022/02/13/montagniers-monster/
Has links to the interview.
RT says the same thing about Putin as Edward!!! Afshin Rattansi on RT said that Putin screwed up by trusting the west, does not fire for any screw-ups, that Putin did not want to help the Donbass but was pressed by the Communists, and that there is a wasteful war of attrition caused by Putin indecision.
See: RT clip at 2:15
https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/594307-putin-president-elections-trenin/
Irony Deficiency:
“We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy and allegations that it is not what it should be. Our democracy is the best, and we will continue to develop it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week.
As is happening here in the Land of the Free, they must destroy "democracy" in order to save it.
I was about to comment on this myself, so funny! It was obviously said by the best tyrant ever.
"We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy and allegations that it is not what it should be. Our democracy is the best, and we will continue to develop it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week."
Actually Russia's democracy is very similar to the US as DNC liberals are equally intolerant of populism.😁
In response to the commenter 'Mr Boscohorowitz' but also to make a few points about some aspects of what's playing out on the world stage that seem to be invisible or not obvious to everyone (being based in the Global South helps), especially when you are based in-between the two sides:
We are in the midst of two massive empire-building projects. One in the East and one in the West. These two projects overlap with each other.
In the East it's mainly about the Belt and Road initiative and it's related schemes combined with the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
In the West it's involves the 'Build Back Better World' , the PGII and the Global Gateway also combined with the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The two sides are in competition with each other, but the unifying principle is the Fourth Industrial Revolution. On this aspect both sides fully promote, support and support it because it's crucial for implementing their empire building projects, so they collaborate on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution requires enormous amounts of raw materials, especially minerals as it involves the rolling out of a large variety of 'sustainable solutions' that basically all come down to the implementation of a plethora of new technologies all of which need to be manufactured at scale with minerals.
Both sides have mapped where the minerals are and a new scramble for resources are on in Africa, South America and S.E. Asia, but also other parts of the world.
It's a new scramble for Africa and the world and it's all about which side is going to win the race.
Note how many articles appear in RT these days about 'decolonising Africa', even that was already done in the 80's and 90's.
History returns because the previous 'decolonisation' during the old Cold War was about removing any colonial or White governments for easier access to raw materials directly from African leaders (the colonial administrations didn't give the resources away so easily to all and sundry for 'commissions'), and that was of course what the 'anti-apartheid' movement was all about too. With this new scramble for resources, Africa needs to be 'decolonised' all over again with the help of benevolent imperial nations on both sides. Note all the articles on RT in recent weeks about it's legacy in Africa of helping African nations gain their independence and freedom and how Africa now needs Russia more than ever?
For a number of insights on some on of the above it's worth watching the through the following couple of presentation and any presentations by the same presenter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4zVxNbjXCw&pp=ygUbbGF6YXJkIGJsaW5kIHNwb3RzIGJlbGdyYWRl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x92srEzFc0o
Here is some background from the China perspective by Francisco Jose Leandro (China Daily Feb 23-29). Article: 'BRI kickstarts global growth efforts: China's initiative inspires others to launch similar economic globalization frameworks:
Excerpts:
"The BRI [Belt and Road Initiative] has prompted other economies to launch similar initiatives to advance economic development both regionally and globally. For instance the G7 member states launched the "Build Back Better World" initiative in 2021 and the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment in 2022 to mobalize $600 billion for global infrastructure investments by 2027, and the European Union proposed the "Global Gateway" in 2021 to boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport sectors and strengthen education, healthcare, and research systems across the world. More importantly, the BRI is challenging the monoploy of the West in the postwar world order, as it represents a framework of collaborative practices to present quasi-global solutions to common global problems. [ETC - see rest of article].
China has laid down the important guiding principles for high quality BRI cooperation, which include the principles of "planning together, building together, and benefiting together", the philosophy of open, green, and clean cooperation, and the persuit of "high-standard, people-centred, and sustainable". All these initiatives are aimed at connecting markets and production centres around the world to ensure the unimpeded flow of goods as well as to raise social capital". Full article:
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/china-daily-global-weekly/20240223/281900188143876
Question/Request 2:
Another question I have for which I can find very little clear information online is the following:
2: What is the Russian concept of a civilisation? We see that in a lot of the promotional materials and philosophical discussions (Alexander Dugin's and Andrew Korybko, for example) surrounding multipolarity and the BRICS-formation, they speak of BRICS being built on the basis of respect for different civilisations. However, the way peoples (cultures/groups) perceive the concept of a civilisation differ.
It would seem that in the Russian (and Asian?) interpretation of civilisations, it comes down to a form of regionalism. So for example, Southern Africa (or even South Africa) could be considered a civilisation from that perspective, even though from a Western perspective South Africa consists of multiple nations (different language groups and ethnicities) so it consists of more than one type of civilisation; an African one and a European that exist side-by-side).
But, from the perspective of promoters of BRICS and multipolarity, Southern Africa (for example) appear (to them) to be/have one civilisation. My take on this is that the BRICS-planners are using a false construct of what civilisations are (conceptually) to artificially amalgamate a number or cultures and civilisations into regional constructs that are called civilisations to establish a paradigm that does not conform with the classic concept of what civilisations are,
However this could well be the way Russians or Asians view the concept, but if that's the case then the question arises why foreign interpretations of what civilisations are should be imposed upon member-states (or the peoples within them). The problem with any form of centralization is of course that it undermines the preservation of unique cultural models and genuine diversity.
How does the Russian government treat Bible believing Christians (non Orthodox)? How about Christian missionaries? Are they allowed in the country?
US Christians like myself don't believe in worshipping "saints" or the use of religious icons as it breaks the commandment against idolatry.
We also view the Papacy as the seat of the anti-Christ.
I recall seeing Putin be very friendly on a visit to the Vatican some years' ago.
Russia kicked out the Jehova's witnesses a while back, so they probably aren't very open to any sects (as they would put it).
Stay out of Russia then, you would just cause unnecessary divisions and conflict.
I disagree that Putin was foolish to trust the west. What that has cost Russia so far is chump change compared to what it could and tries to be. I see him playing for the global audience.
Act 1: I'm willing to negotiate
Act 2: and sign agreements.
Act 3: I'm patient and understand that binding agreements which work often require several approaches.
Act 4: I'm through talking. From here on, any agreements will be iron-clad with the threat of severe financial and physical force behind them.
Putin is a gangster. Unlike most of the global gangsters, he's actually fairly street-smart, having grown up on same. I don't see Putin being played at all by the globalists. On the geopolitical scale, I see him playing some very savvy statesmanship chess.
On the domestic scene, however, he is increasingly in water over his head, imo. He has one term left in which to make his lasting mark.
But I see that less a result of nefarious globalist oligarch schematics and more a result just what everyone in this late-stage human epoch is about: crazy, half-cocked, delusional utopian jive that will never work.
He is the guy who said the following just a few days ago. I don't think he buys into the alt energy/no carbon bandwagon the way people say he does. I think he goes along to get along, knowing that alt energy will be just more economically abandoned/war-wrecked scrap/toxic waste:
https://www.rt.com/business/594193-putin-hydrocarbons-production/
"Oil industry will be swamped with work ‘for another 100 years’ – Putin
Hydrocarbons production will remain relevant for a “very long time,” the Russian president has said"
After all, if he can lie to us, he can lie to his cronies too.
Both the West and East (especially Russia and China) are fully on-board with the
'green' transition and the 4th Industrial Revolution. Putin is a bit more honest about it though as he states clearly that we cannot do away with hydrocarbons no matter what, but at the same time Russia and China (especially) are hoping to profit from the transition in a number of ways (you just need to read the China Weekly roundup to see how much they are promoting the 4th Industrial Revolution - the consider themselves to already be leading the way and are requesting their business partners to come onboard - Africa in particular because much/most of the mineral resources needed for the 4IR are in Africa.
In a nutshell it comes down to a lot of new mining (for minerals) in places where mining wasn't done before, which is why Russia has been so active in Africa of late. The "green" transition is (supposed to be) a transition from fossil fuel extraction to minerals extraction, but what Putin is stating is there would be both - it would not be a full transition fully away from fossil fuels, because renewable energies cannot in practice replace fossil fuel energy generation, it's simply not feasible technically.
Putin is a realist: we will extract every resource we can afford to in pursuit of our wants and desires. If we could isolate souls from bodies we'd harvest or yoke them. Maybe Jeebus or super-duper aliens will rescue us from ourselves. Maybe not.
https://youtu.be/g0x62pa7ChI
See my longer comment to you and also the video links. East/West are two sides of the same coin with regards to extraction objectives.
Huminz b huminz.
https://youtu.be/hUuDAdqONqA
Thanks Riley, great info.
Here's an interesting invu with Yuri Rosca: https://www.freepolitik.com/p/interview-yuri-rosca-unrestricted?triedRedirect=true
Russia is starting to recruit sub-saharan africans now, thats all i need to know what this war is about
> Starting March 20, Microsoft will close access to management and design programs for Russian companies, including cloud services.
Just another reminder that "cloud" is merely somebody else's computer.
RE: “We will no longer tolerate criticism of our democracy and allegations that it is not what it should be. Our democracy is the best, and we will continue to develop it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week. [ria.ru]"
What do ya know! That sounds a lot like what our local plutocrat puppet is saying here in Canada!
Except our local davos shill wants to take it a step further and go full on thought police mode on any of us unruly peasants that point out how much of a scam their 1984 flavored brand of "democracy" is:
“Trudeau Demands Life In Prison For Speech Crimes...
...Canada’s Liberal Party also seeks incarceration for crimes that haven’t been committed”
https://public.substack.com/p/trudeau-demands-life-in-prison-for?
RE: "A policy designed to boost import-substitution in agriculture has led to a shortage of seeds and the possibility of higher food prices in Russia"
Sounds like you are in an ideal position to become an heirloom seed mogul in the village my friend!
I suggest focusing on scaling cultivation of the Elderberry, Goji Berry, Amarnath, Current Tomato and Chiltepin peppers seeds I sent you. They can all produce a ton of seeds and they`ll do well in a relatively short growing season.
Take care of yourself and happy seed starting brother!
Eggs from Iran? That nation doesn't even make it into the top 15 of egg exporting countries.
Oddly my Netherlands comes out on top when it comes to exporting eggs - which could explain why the eggs here are even more expensive than in Russia.
I think that you’ll find that the Netherlands is in the top 4 agricultural exporters in the world. And that’s pretty oddly I’d agree. In fact according to this article it’s #2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/netherlands-agriculture-technology/
To be fair much of the Dutch agricultural exports are either re-exports, non-edibles (flowers) and agricultural machinery.
Even with that in mind by some metrics the Dutch are still the most efficient farmers in the world.
But the Dutch government has decided that it needs the farmlands (about 60% of the country) for other purposes..
Overcrowding, with 425.40 people per square kilometer, and strict (mad) environmental policies are rapidly eroding the Dutch agricultural sector. Where I live I can see farmers closing up shop on a nearly daily basis.
Some seem to want to convert the Netherlands into a completely urban environment.
It is even worse than that - A 45 million Tri-city megapolis has been in the making for decades.
Which pretty much would include the Benelux countries and Germany's most populated state NordRhein-Westfalen.
https://www.tristatecity.nl/
Love that “Sustainable Goals” that comes up on the website. As if a 45 million urban conglomeration, covering lots of previous farmland. would even be close to being sustainable.
Needless to say, I share your reservations about this megalomaniac endeavor ;)
Podcast Recommendations:
Richard Poe (with Tom Luongo) on the unknown origins/roots of Communism and Globalism and present-day developments as an extension of that.
Podcast 1:
https://podbay.fm/p/gold-goats-n-guns-podcast/e/1687444490
Podcast 2:
https://podbay.fm/p/gold-goats-n-guns-podcast/e/1709486260
Once again, thanks for the informative news update, Mr Waggaman.
Question/Request 1:
I'm sure you are a busy person and I'm not sure if you take requests, but here goes:
I have a request for information involving a couple of questions which you could perhaps provide indirectly in a future article and/or alternatively perhaps by recommending some reading material/s.
For people outside of Russia who do not have a comprehensive understanding of Russian society and politics (but who would like to understand it better), clarity on the following subject could be useful:
1. What is the difference between White Russians and Red Russians? What are their worldviews in a nutshell? How do they view the formation of BRICS respectively with Russia as one of the leading members of the grouping (are they for or against, or ambivalent?)
Some reasons for my request and some general comments: Although a lot of people did not like The Saker, his blog used to sometimes deal with such type of subjects and he had external contributors, some who wrote quite autonomously and originally and giving fresh perspectives from some regions (Serbia and South Africa for example), even if not all of his followers liked him hosting such alternative or contrarian contributions (it's now harder to find such contributions anywhere).
In other words, for all his flaws he did contribute value to a relatively broad spectrum of readers. Notable was that people from South America, Southern Africa as well as Asia were quite regularly commenting there, providing for additional opinions or insights.
In other words we did not just think of countries (Brazil or South Africa for example) as homogeneous nations consisting of one unifying world-view and in the case of BRICS we understood better that all BRICS member states are countries consisting of multiple ethnicities, languages, subcultures
To get back to the main point; what was intriguing was that the Saker said he was a White Russian and an anti-communist. What's interesting about that is that one would have thought that someone who is anti-collectivist would be against centralisation (such as E.U. or BRICS), but then he also stated he was a monarchist (being for another form of centralisation), so we was not against centralisation per se, just against communism (se he wasn't against the fries, only the type of ketchup on top of it).
A further question to conclude this segment: Are both White and Red Russians centralists who (pro-centralization) but just supporting different factions?