@w7voa Umm, no.
“He has three advisers,” Lavrov replied, according to the oligarch. “Ivan the Terrible. Peter the Great. And Catherine the Great.”
https://www.ft.com/content/80002564-33e8-48fb-b734-44810afb7a49
I'm just getting through the Muscovy/ Russias section of the excellent @empirepoduk , and good gravy, these people were *brutal,* especially Peter the Great. Great as in MAGA. Greatly horrible, terribly brutal.
I think that any cease fire will be considered a pause.
I'm hoping Ukraine achieves victory, but America's defection is going to be hard to survive. Putin really does see himself as an emperor / caesar / czar / military and political leader, and he longs to stitch Russia back together. History is helpful, here.
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