Vladimir Derangement Syndrome

On the crack of dawn of 24 February our dearest leader Mr. Putin ordered invasion of Ukraine making it abundantly clear that he is the first national leader in the modern history of Russia (in whatever form it has existed) that will leave the country economically, politically, culturally, emotionally, and spiritually in a much worse shape that on the day he ascended to power, back when I was a baby of about 2.

(A truly impressive achievement at the time when world’s economy has grown twice in the same period).

Putin lays blame on the invasion squarely on the shoulders of the government in Ukraine, and calls it a ‘de-Nazification’ special operation (which is even more absurd given that President Zelenskyy is Jewish)

Politically this war will be writ in history textbooks as a perfidious attack on the sovereign nation of Ukraine prompted by a Russian regime’s imperial ambitions, kleptocratic tendencies, and personal animosities.

Earlier today, I walked the streets of Moscow a while to observe reactions.

No jubilations, no beaming faces, no high fives among strangers proud in the fact that our neighboring nation will soon have all its Jewish-Nazis exterminated.

The always normally worn-out faces of Moscovites have grown a darker shade of grey within the night.

I stopped to buy a cup of Americano (the drink will soon be renamed I guess) that by the ongoing exchange rate costs 50 cents, to sit and observe people in the coffee shop. Meanwhile police vans and cheap crow-black sedans of Investigative Committee are parked on street corners with engines idling.

My usually peppy Big Boss, our own oligarch (aka my father) is moody and quiet.

Alexei Navalny used as a pulpit the improvised court house in his penal colony - where he’s being tried on new bogus charges to keep him jailed indefinitely:

[quote]I’m against this war. The goal of the war it to misdirect attention from the problems in Russia…I consider the individuals who started this war crooks and bandits.[/quote]

Supermarkets have doubled prices for foreign-produced foodstuff overnight. A $100 bill I have leftover from a recent trip to Turkey, has gone from 6,500 rubles to 9,000 rubles and keeps going, gaining almost 50% in value here.

And this is all nothing compared what the peoples of Ukraine experience today.

What a boon for Ukraine and Russia alike!


We are brothers and sisters and we are neighbors 🙁

I wish peaceful skies to all ❤️ 🇺🇦 🇷🇺