Petersburg led to the collapse of Alexander Kerenskiy's quasi-republican Provisional Government and the successful Bolshevik coup in October. In summer 1917 the failed 'Kerenskiy Offensive' and the Germans' march on St. Russia's military failure in World War I led to the February 1917 Revolution.
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Russia's defeat in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War led to violent social upheaval in the ultimately failed but widespread and nearly successful 1905 'revolution' that forced regime transformation-like changes such as the installment of a parliamentary State Duma, free elections to the Duma, and the declaration and implementation of many civil, political, and human rights. To find evidence of the volatility caused by military defeat one need go no further than local history in and around Ukraine, whether as part of Imperial Russia or the USSR. Military defeat is often a death knell for political leaders, regimes (types of rule), and even states. These trends will only deepen as Kiev faces further military defeats and perhaps collapse of the Ukrainian army and affiliated neofascist dominated national battalions, likely candidates to organize a coup or societal uprising. Evidence of regime destabilization is can be seen in the state's growing authoritarianism and in splits within the regime's elite.
Biden let the cat out of the bag when he stated the goal of massive Western military and financial assistance to Kiev is to spark regime change or at least the the removal from power of Russia's popular, of authoritarian president, Vladimir Putin. And though it says Whelan, a former Marine, was spying, US officials fiercely deny it.The 2014 coup in Kiev Western leaders, led by US President Joe Biden, have opted for an eternal proxy war against Russia at least until Ukraine 'wins' the war started when Russian forces invaded its western neighbor on February 24th. possessing cannabis in a vape cartridge, for which she faces a 10-year sentence. “There are no words to describe the human toll of Bout’s activities on thousands of people,” writes Farah.īy contrast, Russia accuses Griner of. He also helped the Taliban take power in Afghanistan. Douglas Farah, who’s written about Bout, says he supplied weapons to “the most vicious warlords in the world,” enabled “murderous groups to kidnap and train thousands of child soldiers” and to use rape and torture. Yes, get Griner and Whelan home - but not this way.įor starters, neither of them is accused of anything even remotely as horrific as Bout, who’s serving 25 years for arms trafficking and conspiring to kill Americans.
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