Backwards Russia

With his War in Ukraine Putin wanted to show the Russian People and the whole world that Russia was a mighty 21^st Century Military Power. Instead, he has shown the Russian Military to be at its weakest since right before the February Democratic Revolution in 1917.

Instead, Putin created a Potemkin Village (Потёмкинские деревни) across all levels of society in Russia where the outside looks great and modern, but just beneath the surface everything is old, decaying and broken – both the people and the buildings.

Russia is not a modern 21^st Century Nation, but a 3^rd World 20^th Century Broken One – thanks to Putin.