amid all of that. there have been calls from volodymyr zelensky, the ukrainian president, for peace talks to save people s lives. that call first seemed to have been answered by vladimir putin and the ukrainian president. the state media, one of the state medias in russia quoting his spokesman saying, look, i m paraphrasing slightly but if you want to talk about neutrality of ukraine, we ll send delegates from the foreign ministry, defense ministry and others to the belarusian capital of minsk to meet your delegates to discuss that. it was a first hopeful sign, but since then, vladimir putin has come out with some incredibly, i want to say aggressive remarks calling on the ukrainian military to rise up against the government. don t let the neo-nazis use your wives, children and old people as human shields. take power from the drug addicts and neo-nazis that have settled
When the U.S. and NATO rejected the Kremlin’s security demands over Ukraine last week, fears of an imminent Russian attack against its neighbor soared.
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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About Lambert Strether
Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (“Because markets”). I don’t much care about the “ism” that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don’t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.