Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin

On 24 February, the armor of the “enlightened autocrat” that had housed Vladimir Putin for the previous 20 years cracked and fell to pieces. The world saw a monster – crazed in its desires and ruthless in its decisions. The monster had grown gradually, gaining strength from year to year, marinating in its own absolute authority, imperial aggression, hatred for western democracy, and malice fueled

[Midas]

しょうじきこの見解も甘いと思う。ファシズム(ヒトラー)にはまだ『第三帝国の建設』という夢があったがプーチンには残念ながらそれはない(ロシアが『あの』ロシアになれるだなんて全く思ってない)

[tach]

4月発売の「文藝」にロシア語からの全訳が載るそうだけど一足早く。

[estragon]

“He attacked a free and democratic country precisely because it is a free and democratic country. But he’s the one who’s doomed because the world of freedom and democracy is far bigger than his dark and gloomy lair. Doomed because what he wants is a new Middle Ages, corruption, lies, and …