Konstantinovsky Palace venue. At the Tsarskoye Selo Museum-Reserve. The Amber Room at the Tsarskoye Selo Museum-Reserve. The CIS Heads of State took a tour of the museum prior to sitting down at the smaller palace for their meeting. Properly touring St. Petersburg would take at least ten days if not more. Its grandeur could easily be intimidating. It’s good to see all the CIS leaders together as the antics of Armenia and Azerbaijan indicated the potential for instability, but as the EAEU meeting yesterday showed, some of that was made as a show to the West. As you read Putin’s short speech and add it to all those that have preceded it, the goal of reknitting the Soviet Union becomes clearer, but in a newer, modernized version where the emphasis is on what CIS stands for—a commonwealth of independent states working together and with the region to grow their common wealth. And the several other organizations also help facilitate that—SCO, EAEU, CSTO. Yes, the Baltics are most certainly lost to their own insecurities, but Georgia will most likely rejoin as it watches its neighbors prosper from their arrangements and joint efforts. Ukraine will return to its natural state—Russia—but with its unnatural lands reverting to their natural state, although that won’t occur formally until 2026 or so. Moldova would benefit from joining CIS far more than EU/NATO, but that’s for its people to decide, not the current Comprador.
All these resplendent royal chambers (in so many pictures of meetings in Russia) made from within a monarchist culture now so fashionable to deplore as incorrigibly corrupt.
But boy do they seem to love those chambers and how they project Russia as a great civilization.
I've toyed with the idea of publishing a mostly pictural article, but it would be very difficult to choose what to include as there're so many choices. The aerial shot of the small palace was a great find. Can't post pics in comments. What's most impressive is most everything in that region was completely totaled by the Nazis and rebuilt by the Soviets in a project that began in 1957.
Its easy to upload pictures to https://imgur.com/ and make a link to each one. For example: https://imgur.com/y1Zgvxf (back kitchen door to the house am building in rural Mexico). I just clicked on the file on my hard-drive once logged into imgur and the whole process took 15 seconds. You have to create an account first but it is an easy and free process.
I saw a series of photos via someone at MoA (S?) showing the results of city renovations done by RF. Somewhat moribund post-communist 'before' with lovely 'afters' featuring domes, gold leaf, color etc. Quite impressive. I love Russia's blend of Byzantine and European and hope they continue it in the New World emerging.....
All of the Russian emperors after Catherine the Great (Sophie Friederike Auguste from Anhalt-Zerbst) were Germans . . . we had every right to invade Russia after the Soviet Jews murdered Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov.
And there are more. They all expand multipolarity and are founded on the same principles as the UN Charter--the fundamental equality of all states and peoples.
All these resplendent royal chambers (in so many pictures of meetings in Russia) made from within a monarchist culture now so fashionable to deplore as incorrigibly corrupt.
But boy do they seem to love those chambers and how they project Russia as a great civilization.
As well they should....
I've toyed with the idea of publishing a mostly pictural article, but it would be very difficult to choose what to include as there're so many choices. The aerial shot of the small palace was a great find. Can't post pics in comments. What's most impressive is most everything in that region was completely totaled by the Nazis and rebuilt by the Soviets in a project that began in 1957.
Its easy to upload pictures to https://imgur.com/ and make a link to each one. For example: https://imgur.com/y1Zgvxf (back kitchen door to the house am building in rural Mexico). I just clicked on the file on my hard-drive once logged into imgur and the whole process took 15 seconds. You have to create an account first but it is an easy and free process.
I saw a series of photos via someone at MoA (S?) showing the results of city renovations done by RF. Somewhat moribund post-communist 'before' with lovely 'afters' featuring domes, gold leaf, color etc. Quite impressive. I love Russia's blend of Byzantine and European and hope they continue it in the New World emerging.....
Olga, Viking Queen of the Rus . . . https://cwspangle.substack.com/p/olga-viking-queen-of-the-rus
All of the Russian emperors after Catherine the Great (Sophie Friederike Auguste from Anhalt-Zerbst) were Germans . . . we had every right to invade Russia after the Soviet Jews murdered Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov.
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In the shadow of war: Ukraine as the great reset laboratory of the global tech elite . . .
https://cwspangle.substack.com/i/135302021/in-the-shadow-of-war-ukraine-as-the-great-reset-laboratory-of-the-global-tech-elite
A Lot of organizations in which Russia is involved. BRICS+, CIS, SOC, ASEAN, OPEC+, EAEU. I Wonder how they all interact together.
And there are more. They all expand multipolarity and are founded on the same principles as the UN Charter--the fundamental equality of all states and peoples.