It would seem that Russian strength is much less than is popularly believed. The
reason the Putin regime is actively co-operating with US expasnsionism into Central
Asia is because he knows Russia is so weak that there really is not much it can do
about this. So his strategy is to turn necessity into a virtue by going along with
imperalist expansion in the hope that he can gain goodies and goodwill in return for
his ostensible co-operation. At the same time the support offered may not be total.
This may mean it may be poised to exploit US difficulties in central Asia. Then too
its cooperation has to be calibrated lest he a mounting opposition grows against his
cow tailing the US.
In the long run making a virtue out of necessity cannot win since it merely tells the
US how weak and craven the Russian state is. Consequently this makes the US more sure
that they can squeeze Russia even further. This, in turn, further exacerbates the
Russian contradictions.
Regards
Karl Carlile (Communist Global Group)
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