Author of quotes: Mikhail Vladimirovich Leontyev

Liberal democracy is of a type impossible in a country where there is no dominant middle class.

We will have to... almost necessary ... you Know, here we had to reorganize the army, roughly speaking, otherwise we would not have survived - picked up and reorganized. As long as we live here with this parody of an economy that we have - well, because it is not pinned. Squeeze - everything will be fine. Will do. Where would we go? We die-then you are not going? Not going to. There is one basic paradigm: "We are not going to die." Since 1999, we have decided not to die was accepted by the society is the solution. It was taken does not vote, it was made so a consensus somehow. This is manifested in everything.

... About the same "swamp" to the public. This urban environment of creative people, olutorsky professions, as well as lower and middle management. Management what? Understand that a significant part of the Moscow environment is a parasitic layer? It exists not on real value added, and as all of our banks. Our banks do not lend to the economy. They are engaged in financial manipulations almost entirely. And make money on this. The largest state-owned banks allocate some money for the decision of the authorities. But this is not lending. This is not banking. This is funding. The same as Soviet, only much more primitive. I remember my first program on television. It was on TVC... Again, let do not know why. It was a very funny team. I'm not going to talk about a political topic, but it was about worms, tied to specific political circumstances. There was a certain worm. Worm - a creature living at the expense of the subject, but consider themselves absolutely independent of the subject. It's about independence. That is, it feeds on this subject, but it is completely independent. This is the policy of the worms. So - most of these people are worms, which are protesting against the body on which they feed.

Trump wrote on Twitter that there will be a national hero, when withdraws from Syria and Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the Americans are negotiating with Taliban for the destruction which they broke two years ago. And Pro-American Afghan government, the negotiations did not allowed.
Exactly 30 years ago, 15 February, Soviet troops with banners unfurled solemnly left Afghanistan. Ended the fourth Afghan war, of which there were five. And they all three British, one Soviet and the latter, American - in a certain sense are copy of each other.
The first Afghan - years 1838-1842: the capture of Kabul, the capture of the Emir Dost Mohammed, and then a rebellion, a terrible massacre, shameful defeat and the restoration on the throne of Dost Mohammed. The second 1878-80 years: the capture of Kabul, the rebellion, the terrible massacre, shameful retreat. Third, the shortest - 1919: accession to the throne Amanulla Khan and the Declaration of full independence of Afghanistan, the British invasion, the rise of the Pashtuns, the truce, the recognition of Amanulla Khan. Fourth, we have mentioned, the Soviet - 1979-1989. But who would have thought that in ten years our best allies in Afghanistan will be Ahmad Shah Massoud and Burhanuddin Rabbani, with whom for some reason we fought for ten years. And fifth, American enduring freedom, which began in 2001, like in retaliation for the support the Taliban, "al-Qaeda". All they have achieved in Afghanistan is the organization and provision, almost legal, the world's most powerful heroin drug trafficking. By the way, do not be surprised if a secret condition of the agreement with the Taliban is the preservation of the drug. The British left without saying goodbye, the Americans say goodbye, but not gone. And they can understand.

Economists agree that further tightening of monetary policy, the fed is fraught with failure in a crisis. And the fed abandoned further rate increase. The trigger of the crisis may become a trade war with China is inevitable in the case that it is not possible to reach agreement before March 1.
Agree! Considering how trump clings to his economic achievements. Moreover, the Chinese are demonstrating unprecedented flexibility. In fact, the policy of trump is very simple: in contrast to fellow Democrats, there is no ideology. There are only certain tastes and preferences. And habits. That is no strategy, only tactics. Unless you count strategy, "second term at any cost". In this context, good news - fast will not collapse. It seems that the world economy and, accordingly, the prices of raw materials on time stabiliziruemost.
"The US is experiencing an economic miracle, and the only thing that can stop us, it's a stupid war, political intrigue, and the ridiculous and biased investigation," said Donald trump.
Well, with investigations - "the Russian intervention" - let them understand, they do not need Russian.
As for the stupid wars: a trump really is all the time willing to withdraw its troops from Syria and Afghanistan, and to withdraw into his brilliant isolation, throwing all. That is, there is no ideology and signature style is - free Scam. This means "to make America great again!"

The calls of liberals for America to counter China seem all the more ridiculous in light of the openly anti-globalization position of trump, and despite the fact that China remains the last Bastion of the most economic of globalization and the biggest beneficiary. And exactly why the globalization controparti decided that the Chinese have not got. "It is not surprising that in such conditions destroyed the common Foundation, maybe someday we are painfully aware of the disappearance of the "Davos man." - "Spiegel" article "Zombies in the snow"
The epigraph from the film "the Courier":
- And I want in the world defeated communism.
- Yeah! By the way, we need one person on the vegetable base. Here you are, Ivan, and go!

Now sure Maduro will not come to Davos. After trump called impostor Guido President. And the trump will not come, because he shutdown and no money for a ticket. Neither myself nor the people! The Makron - the "yellow jackets" in may Breaksit Deripaska - fishing. Remained only a lame duck German Merkel. And our Oreshkin.
"Spiegel" article "Zombies in the snow", laments about the disappearance of the spirit of Davos and the old Davos consensus around liberal globalization. "Western liberal business model is no longer considered an example, which are equal to the rest. In abundance there are centrproekt: digital totalitarianism of China and modern despotism, as in Russia. Openly demonstrate nationalism such actors like Donald trump, also put the liberal model into question"."For example, those who sit here are in favor of globalization, because all these people somehow benefited from the results of globalization," But, as subtly noticed Oreshkin, results of globalization have been unevenly distributed between different countries.

No matter how to treat Gorbachev's agreement, but then the Soviet leadership had at least some reason to go to asymmetric solutions. The Russian leadership are such grounds, not in principle. Despite the fact that Americans clearly demonstrate the intention to dismantle the entire system of arms control and even more - the entire current system of international security.
Published 17 January, the Pentagon "policy Review ABOUT" seeks to protect not only ballistic but also cruise missiles and hypersonic missiles, which is supposed to deploy a space-based system. "These opportunities will deprive our opponents of the deterrent" - said the acting Minister of defence of the USA V. the.
Notice, "to deprive of a deterrent." Not attack, namely containment. That is, they are not going to hold back. The hypersonic, we have, according to experts, a minimum of five years of benefits. While changing one flight time. In the case of a Hyper - critical. It is not minutes and seconds. In fact, to preserve the system security will need two sides at least. And to "just die", just the one will of one party. And yet this side this will is adamant.

The agreement of 1987 provided for the zero option. For the first time eliminated an entire class of weapons - land-based missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 km. While the Soviet Union went on the asymmetric reduction, abandoning the rockets carrying more than 3,000 nuclear warheads, twice now set for Russia and the United States capabilities. That some now interpret as a betrayal, given that, Gorbachev agreed to the destruction of a unique complex "Oka", are generally not subject to the parameters of the agreement. It's funny that now, as 30 years ago, the ultimate need to destroy our missiles, the so-called SSC-8, also do not fall under the parameters of the agreement.
"The claims of both sides have one thing in common despite their difference: formally neither the one nor the other side do not violate the letter of the Treaty. That is, in this case violated the spirit of the Treaty, but literally, the contract is not violated. Since this contract is about the tests and the deployment of strike systems with a range of over 500 kilometers," - said the Deputy Director of the Center for analysis of strategies and technologies, Konstantin Makienko.
Then the Americans believe that the modernization potential of our missiles does not allow to increase its range to as much as you want. And we don't believe that Americans don't stick to launcher PRO or missile target normal combat.

The usefulness of competition means the consent and love of competition.

Talking about evidence, you know the guys here provide evidence that it is not you! <...> has Changed our relations with the West, has changed dramatically, and their relationship to us has changed due to very different reasons. You see, we - the Scarecrow Just a Scarecrow. We're being used as a Scarecrow. What evidence can be what a Scarecrow is a Scarecrow? Crows are afraid, so scared! And the ravens should be scared! The task - to develop an unconditional reflex: Russia - Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah! <...> As a Scarecrow may require evidence that it is terrible? Well, what evidence? <...> They are not interested in us at all. They go about their business. They restore the system of world governance in this way. They have their civil war thus lead.

A stable system must be built on a stable motivation.

Not for the United States 70 years occupying Germany, grown and trained its political and media elite, to their eyes, realized the age-old geopolitical nightmare Anglo - Russian-German Alliance. German elite are twice made a historical mistake - the one that is worse than the crime - conflict with Russia in the interests of its geopolitical rivals. The third time she does it slowly and under duress. And it wants to come off. And it will be counted. In the court of history.

In matters of national security no laws of courtesy.