Comments on: Putin: “Russia should continue its civilising mission on the Eurasian continent…” http://registan.net/index.php/2005/04/25/putin-russia-should-continue-its-civilising-mission-on-the-eurasian-continent/ All Central Asia, All The Time Thu, 24 May 2012 20:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution http://registan.net/index.php/2005/04/25/putin-russia-should-continue-its-civilising-mission-on-the-eurasian-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-15820 Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:20:28 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=5166#comment-15820 [...] e must look elsewhere where stability is strong. The last refuge for the Russian empire is Central Asia. Our objectives on the international stage are very clear – to ensure the security of our borders [...] [...] e must look elsewhere where stability is strong. The last refuge for the Russian empire is Central Asia. Our objectives on the international stage are very clear – to ensure the security of our borders [...]

]]> By: Nathan http://registan.net/index.php/2005/04/25/putin-russia-should-continue-its-civilising-mission-on-the-eurasian-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-15816 Nathan Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:43:58 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=5166#comment-15816 Don't like the bottom three paragraphs one bit. Given that he's absolutely full of it when talking about democracy and that Russia's historic civilizing mission (at least under the Soviet Union, the collapse of which he called a great tragedy) has been to subdue and dominate its neighbors, I'd say we've got a problem on our hands. Unless of course he starts acting like human rights aren't just something for Russians. God knows where he gets off preaching to the world on that or demanding a pass for his creeping neo-imperialism. I understand advocating for the rights of Russian minorities (they are unfairly kicked around all over the former USSR), but he's waxing expansionist. Don’t like the bottom three paragraphs one bit. Given that he’s absolutely full of it when talking about democracy and that Russia’s historic civilizing mission (at least under the Soviet Union, the collapse of which he called a great tragedy) has been to subdue and dominate its neighbors, I’d say we’ve got a problem on our hands.

Unless of course he starts acting like human rights aren’t just something for Russians. God knows where he gets off preaching to the world on that or demanding a pass for his creeping neo-imperialism. I understand advocating for the rights of Russian minorities (they are unfairly kicked around all over the former USSR), but he’s waxing expansionist.

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