From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is not only a product of Russian society but also a key participant in its development, Roman Kechur, head of the Psychology and Psychotherapy Department at the Ukrainian Catholic University, told NV in an exclusive interview on July 13, analyzing Russian life cycles.
“Putin is the embodiment of this society; otherwise, he wouldn’t have survived,” he said.
“Russia exists in cycles of ‘real’ and ‘false’ tsars. After a false tsar, there is turmoil, followed by the rise of a real tsar. A false tsar loses or gives away land, while a real one establishes totalitarian rule, embodying the ‘strong hand’ ideal and implementing imperialism.”
Without the imperial idea, Russia lacks a sense of purpose.
“They don’t prioritize building good highways, establishing quality universities, preserving nature, or developing people, humanitarian projects, and caring for the elderly and children. Their aim is to conquer land ‘for the glory of the Russian gun.’ Putin discovered and exploited this mechanism that generates Russian power through trial and error, but he didn’t create it,” Kechur said, describing Russian society as a wild mix of paranoid discourse and antisocial behavior.
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