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"Putin står for alt det, Gorbatjov bekæmpede"

https://politiken.dk/udland/art8945121/Putin-st%C3%A5r-for-alt-det-Gorbatjov-bek%C3%A6mpede

Gorbatjov:
Gorbachev was critical of U.S. hostility to Putin, arguing that the U.S. government "doesn´t want Russia to rise" again as a global power and wants "to continue as the sole superpower in charge of the world".[480] More broadly, Gorbachev was critical of U.S. policy following the Cold War, arguing that the West had attempted to "turn [Russia] into some kind of backwater".[481] He rejected the idea – expressed by Bush – that the U.S. had "won" the Cold War, arguing that both sides had cooperated to end the conflict.[481] He declared that since the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S., rather than cooperating with Russia, had conspired to build a "new empire headed by themselves".[482] He was critical of how the U.S. had expanded NATO right up to Russia´s borders despite their initial assurances that they would not do so, citing this as evidence that the U.S. government could not be trusted.[481][483] He spoke out against the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia because it lacked UN backing, as well as the 2003 invasion of Iraq led by the U.S.[481]

After the outbreak of the Russo-Georgian War between Russia and South Ossetian separatists on one side and Georgia on the other, Gorbachev spoke out against U.S. support for Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and for moving to bring the Caucasus into the sphere of its national interest.[488][489]

In 2014, he defended the Crimean status referendum and Russia´s annexation of Crimea that began the Russo-Ukrainian war.[481] In his judgment, while Crimea was transferred from Russia to Ukraine in 1954, when both were part of the Soviet Union, the Crimean people had not been asked at the time, whereas in the 2014 referendum they had.[499] After sanctions were placed on Russia as a result of the annexation, Gorbachev spoke out against them.[500] His comments led to Ukraine banning him from entering the country for five years.[501]

On 24 December 2021, Gorbachev said that the United States "grew arrogant and self-confident" after the collapse of the Soviet Union, resulting in "a new empire. Hence the idea of NATO expansion."

Ja, nu er det jo bare hans meninger efter regeringstiden.

Man kan sige at han prøvede at reformere landet indefra, Men han havde intet ønske om at opløse unionen. Interneringen af ham i 1991 blev jo ironisk nok starten på unionens endeligt. Og gav Jeltsin muligheden for at shine ved af forskellige mere eller mindre klare grunde at trække Rusland ud af unionen, godt hjulpet af USA selvfølgelig.

Han var uddannet jurist og meget optaget af Krustjovs plan om normalisering efter Stalins galskab. Han var frustreret over de manglende reformer i 50´erne, og arbejdede i mange år i Komsomols lokalafdeling og senere administrationen i Stavropol i det sydlige Rusland, hvor han var vokset op, langt fra magtens centrum.

Han blev bragt i forslag som generalsekretær efter nogle hurtige dødsfald i 80´erne og var selv overrasket over at valget af ham ikke mødte særlig modstand. Så kunne han genoptage sit reformarbejde i opdateret udgave og med 30 års forsinkelse.

Så sandheden er nok midt imellem.

Ret eller uret, det er vist almindeligt i Rusland at give ham (snarere end fx Jeltsin) skylden for de horrible forhold i Rusland i 90´erne, efter sammenbruddet.

Klart, ja, de ser ham som den der lirkede lidt på låget til Pandoras Box og vupti.

Men de er og var nu heller ikke meget begejstrede for Jeltsin, som skød på Parlamentet og gav naturressourcerne til banditterne, indførte mafia og korruption, ødelagde infrastrukturen og de velerhvervede rettigheder.

En kort ustabil periode i landets historie ...

The Great Depression var en tilsvarende kort periode og alligevel stadig en stor ting i, sådan, centrum-venstre/venstresnoet historiografi (som er alt-dominerende anyway).

1930´erne var endda mildere end Ruslands 1990´ere på mange parametre (iflg. Branko Milanovic i hvert fald).

Interessant sammenligning. Bør man medregne eftervirkningerne. Hitler, Putin, uden sammenligning i øvrigt.

Ja, eller også er Putin FDR :D

Det må være en slags Back to the Old Deal.

Charles som konge og Boris som premierminister havde ellers været legendarisk. Elizabeth bliver savnet. RIP.