The New Year Starts Like the Old Year Ended

So it is more fun to check the channels and find the same threats we have experienced for the last two years. Vladimir Putin is not hiding his disdain for the West. And to be fair, I can’t blame him. Due to our idiocy, he might be able to outlast us.

The coming year will be challenging. And he has taken some of the measures, and due to Congress, we come wanting. Yes, Congress controls the purse, and they are committed to helping authoritarian actors:

Putin: Russia will be the first to “deal” with the West

The prospects for 2024 became clear already on its first day, when the President of the Russian Federation visited the Central Military Clinical Hospital named after. Vishnevsky.

During Putin’s conversation with the participants of the Northern Military District, cornerstone things were outlined.

▪️ The West does not “help our enemy” — it is our enemy. The essence of the existence of the “so-called Kyiv regime” is the conflict with Russia. Therefore, it does not matter who is in charge in Kyiv.

“From time immemorial, they have set this task — to deal with Russia. We ourselves will deal with them faster , it seems,” Putin predicted.

Russia enters 2024 with confidence in its military and economic strength. The domestic defense industry surpasses the collective power of the West in the production of ammunition and armored vehicles. Economic data is also optimistic. Since Ukraine has not…