Putin’s Latest ‘Mein Kampf’

Amid an impressive but predictable display of military firepower and manpower, Moscow’s fuhrer Vladimir Putin articulated his latest version of Hitler's “Mein Kampf” during Russia’s commemoration of what it claims is its victory over Nazi Germany, warning all countries not to push Russia.

In case it is pushed up against a wall, Putin put all opponents on notice that Russia will not hesitate to defend itself.

“The war brought upon us so many unbearable ordeals, grief and tears that it is impossible to forget. Those who are plotting new aggressions cannot be forgiven or justified,” Putin declared menacingly on Sunday, May 9. He said his country will “firmly” defend Russia’s national interests, denouncing the return of “Russophobia.”

The Russian leader couched his threats against adversaries in an ironic series of fake allusions that reveal steps he’s taken to preserve Holy Mother Russia, more commonly known as the evil empire.

Putin castigated those who persist in promoting Nazi ideology and the “delusional theory of their own supremacy” while he seeks to preserve Russia’s global dominance by invading and occupying Ukraine, keeping troops in Syria, killing and imprisoning his enemies, and creating civic calamity in the United States. He noted apparently with a straight face that he doesn’t only mean “radicals and international terrorist groups” who are a threat, but “surviving members of those killing squads” who are trying to “rewrite history” – the latter activity being high on Putin’s list of daily to-dos.

For example, speaking of rewriting history, according to the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, Russia will soon make it illegal to mention the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement that made Moscow and Berlin allies at the start of World War 2 because that would make it difficult to exonerate Stalin of Hitler’s crimes. The draft bill registered on May 5 would also prohibit “the denial of the decisive role of the Soviet people in the defeat of Nazi Germany and the humanitarian mission of the USSR in liberating the countries of Europe.” Its authors are the head of the State Duma committee on culture Yelena Yampolskaya; the First Deputy Speaker of the Duma Alexander Zhukov and senator Alexei Pushkov.  All are from the ruling ‘United Russia’ party, and the bill has, apparently, been drawn up in compliance with instructions from Putin as the result of a meeting of the President’s Committee on Culture and Art on October 27, 2020.

Putin also commended the Soviet army for being a “generation of victors” and demonstrating the “ultimate heroism” during crucial battles and the “harshest times of war.” Noting the valor of the Soviet army to today, Putin called the “descendants of the victorious troops” that serve in the Russian Armed Forces a “guarantee” in its commitment to protecting national interests.

Just to keep the record straight, the Soviet army before, during and after the Second World War committed a proven range of crimes against the innocent population of Ukraine and other countries. And today, the “valiant” Russian cutthroat soldiers and their bloodthirsty mercenary comrades invaded in violation of the UN Charter and other international accords Ukraine and continue Russia’s tradition of perpetuating crimes against humanity.

Indeed, they deserve the Adolf Hitler Medal of Honor.

Putin’s ludicrous lies continue as he falsely boasted: “The Soviet people kept their sacred oath, defended the homeland, and freed the countries of Europe from the black plague. Russia consistently defends international law. At the same time, we will firmly defend our national interests to ensure the safety of our people.”

Soviet Russia freed countries from Nazi oppression and then installed its subjugation on Ukraine, the Baltic States and Eastern Europe until 1991.

Gratefully, more and more Ukrainians, especially the post-subjugation generation, as I wrote in my previous blogpost, do not believe Moscow’s propaganda and condemn Stalin, his junta and army for the murderous imperialists that they have been.