Made me chuckle.
Turns out democratic revolutionaries in the european parliament are all elderly russian expats, that read European Pravda and tell their audience (that has almost reached their age level in terms of viewership numbers), that liberal democracy under a Nawalny type figure is possible, if they do nothing and let the multiple crisis pan out that are now taking hold of russia, and then the revolt will come from the normal russian people, because things like this can go quick, and maybe the revolt even will come from Belarus, because who knows (probably belarusian people?) - also please dont hate russian people, decentralization of power is possible and will be achieved very shortly, we dont know where, but its taking place already, also Putin is definitely imperialist and not just revanchist, also of course we dont want or need Crimea, why would we, also if regime change in russia would take place, then the new leader definitely would find extreme appetite for all kinds of new reforms, and of course russia can and has to be beaten in war, and let me finish with “russia can either be a democracy, or an imperial power, not both” - which, was it Brzeziński? - said so well..
Also, there is one character that alternates between emotional fervor on random principles and actual european commission talking points - its quite the experience.
He’s the only one where you cant see engagement in an argument being turned on, always about half a second too late, individually remembering, that they really were excited about principles at one point in their life.
Also they are organizing support for civil society groups in russia.
Sorry, dont mean to be so partisan myself - but the difference to some idialized concept like this
is just… stark.
Good luck to you on ending the war. Oh, wait - no, they all hope for russia to lose the war in 5 months or 5 years, they arent sure, so that then the revolution can take place.
edit: Uh, apparently The German Marshall Fund of the United States has come out with a study estimating that rebuilding Ukraine (in a phase one, I’m sure) will cost 750 billion euro. We have a first figure! Thanks The German Marshall Fund of the United States! edit2: Oh and it should be a G7 led effort under the coordination of the United States. Horray! edit3: Oh and Globsec (?)(or they as a group including Globsec) already wrote a transitioning plan for russia, thats convenient.
edit4; Habeck stapelt heute tiefer:
Laut Habeck braucht die Ukraine wohl 350 Milliarden Euro für Wiederaufbau
Die Ukraine braucht für den Wiederaufbau des Landes laut dem deutschen Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck vermutlich rund 350 Milliarden Euro. “Es ist eine gigantische Summe”, sagte der Vize-Kanzler am Donnerstag auf Schloss Neuhardenberg in Brandenburg.
src: click
