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More on the Russian Road to Collapse
Over the past three years, I have argued that Russia is increasingly in worse shape. To use classic Marxist theory, comrade Vladimir Putin keeps creating pre-revolutionary conditions.
Given the resistance is pointing this out, and we have evidence that it's small but growing, it’s safe to say the ice continues to crack. And I must say, comrade Putin is no fan of the 1917 Revolution either. Yet, here we are:
Over three years of full-scale aggression against Ukraine, Putin’s horde has destroyed dozens of cities and hundreds of settlements on Ukrainian territory. But Putin’s “effective managers” began destroying cities and villages much earlier on their own territory.
🗣 Over a quarter century of Putin’s rule in Russia, 37 thousand villages have disappeared. Accordingly, a huge amount of abandoned arable land, colossal losses of cattle. For the needs of the village in Putin’s Russia, 20 times less is allocated than was done in Soviet times.
During the perestroika period, the number of preschool institutions in Russian settlements decreased by 24 thousand. And the number of schools decreased by 25 thousand. Experts say that rural clinics and hospitals are simply ruinous.
🗣 More than 95 thousand Russian villages still remain without gas. Only 5% of them have quality water supply…