New Details on Wagner Coup — US Wanted Russia’s Collapse, Why It Failed
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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The Ideological Battle Between the US and the Soviet Union
Putin is an anti-communist. He's just created a monument for Fidel Castro in Moscow and Fidel was the leader of the Communist Party of Cuba. Putin said Ukraine should have never been its own sort of polity or entity. It should have always been part of Russia. So he's not a communist. But the US doesn't, it hasn't let up on Russia even though it's no longer led by communists. The U.S wants to be the world hegemon. In any country, regardless of the ideological orientation of its leadership, is going to be targeted. And so as long as Russia gets back on its feet under Putin, who is a centralizer, but
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