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Russia is COLLAPSING and the RUSSIANS KNOW IT
Russian retired general Leonid Ivashov, after watching Putin’s New Year address, showed a clear understanding of Russia’s situation: “Listen, I am a professor, a general, and a geopolitical researcher with decades of experience. I watched this four-hour show and saw neither a leader, nor a commander, nor a defender of the people. I saw only a man living in a fairy tale while the rest of the country struggles to survive on 16,000 rubles a month.”
Ivashov opposed the invasion of Ukraine from the beginning and, in this interview, once again stressed his disagreement with current events in Russia. Here are some of his other notable statements:
“Even before the so-called ‘special military operation,’ I warned about the consequences. The last four years have confirmed the accuracy and seriousness of those assessments.”
“We have not achieved a single success at the tactical or operational level, and at the strategic level we have suffered defeat on ALL fronts.”
“All branches of industry have been destroyed.”
“Science is in critical condition, and education has completely collapsed.”
“Rising prices are an alarming signal: the Russian people are becoming poorer and poorer.”
“Healthcare is in ruins. All regions are cutting spending on medicine.”
“The quality of food is deteriorating; palm oil is everywhere; food in Russia is becoming toxic.”
“The only area in which Russia is a ‘leader’ in the world is demographic indicators. We lead in the rate of DISAPPEARANCE. Even without the war — and the war only accelerates — the number of men is rapidly declining.”
“We are left only with allies such as North Korea and Belarus, but they cannot help us: they can only drain our finances — and our finances are being exhausted.”
“I worked with the Chinese for many years, and China is not our ally; that is a Kremlin invention and propaganda.”
“A strategic failure (in the war with Ukraine) could very well lead to the collapse of Russia.”