Russia and Ukraine

[Fake Messiah]

I listened to a podcast a few months ago. The guy related how he saw one of these Russian Oligarchs while on vacation in Greek in some Greek İsland in the Aegean. There were two separate oligarchs in two separate beaches there. They would order the most expensive champagne and offer it to everyone on the beach. They were reportedly competing with one another on how much champagne they would offer to everyone on the beach. And these guys were said to be only drinking coca-cola (being already high on something else so that they are not willing to even drink anything themselves).

 

That’s the only thing happening in Russia since the collapse of the USSR. So here is my point of view on the subject:

That Zizek's article is interesting, especially how religion plays a role for Russians in that war

Russian clergy have been telling their congregations that they can “become themselves” only through the act of killing. The “special military operation” in Ukraine, they are told, is a struggle for “all of God’s creation.”

“Life is highly overrated. Why fear what is inevitable? Especially when we’re going to heaven. Death is the end of one earthly path and the beginning of another. Don’t let fear of death influence decisions. It’s only worth living for something you can die for, that’s the way it should be ... We are fighting against satanists. This is a holy war, and we have to win.”

Likewise, Magomed Khitanaev, a Chechen theologian and Russian army commander, portrays Ukraine as a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah: “We’re asking: Oh, Ukrainians, why did you permit gay parades in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odessa? Why did you permit it? Why didn’t you come out against them, against your government that was overtaken by fascists? Without shame before God, people, they are openly, manifestly spreading their filth.”