SA following in putrid Putin’s footsteps

MARIUPOL has been wiped from the face of the Earth and 20 000 innocent citizens have been murdered.

In this day and age, the Russian invasion and following atrocities were not anticipated. Shame on you, Vladimir Putin.

What a disgrace! Putin has lost the Ukrainian people forever, in fact the whole world.

Under Putin's leadership, Russia is a kleptocracy and therefore corruption is endemic.

Sad to say the ANC has followed in the Russians' footsteps.

Here, Jacob Zuma and Ace Magashule come to mind. Men without integrity or conscience.

As a dictator, Putin hates democratic rule and therefore he effectively destroyed his own opposition.

The men Putin fears most, Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza, have been poisoned and are in jail. There are similarities between our beloved Nelson Mandela and these two men. Russia today is not an example of a free society and why would someone in his right mind follow in their footsteps?

What the ANC must understand is that the ideology that Russia and Putin represent is long outdated.

Putin is a warmonger and a bully who certainly does not deserve our respect.

A paradigm shift is urgently required of us.

MARIUS KRIGE | Hermanus