Russia’s long history of power plays

As a child of the cold war, it’s been bothering me for a long time now how our country is beingmanipulated to do exactly what Russia wants. To this point, Charles Firth, an economics writer in Australia, keeps up with Russia and Putin. He informs that in the 1990s an elite circle of Russian generals and political scientists created a manifesto regarding Russia’s goals.

The manifesto was called, “Foundations of Geopolitics,” about how Russia, after its previous collapse, could regain a threshold on the world. It is surprising how little attention it was given by U.S. press.

The manifesto argues that Ukraine should be annexed by Russia; Russia should encourage Britain to leave the European Union, and China should be encouraged to seek domination to its south, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia — so that Russia can remain predominant on the “Eurasian” mainland. It calls for Russia to promote disorder (social and racial conflicts) destabilizing political processes in the U.S. This rings all too familiar.

Trump’s campaign was in communication with the Kremlin for a year leading up to his election victory. Trump has done an alarming amount of Putin’s bidding since then, from destabilizing NATO to arguing for Russia’s inclusion in economic summits.

What will Putin do next? Who knows, but just as the

USA felt that Russia’s President Gorbachev was a friend, Putin clearly has a friend in the White House. As long as that is the case, Russia’s manifesto will be aided by Trump.