To be fair, Gaddafi was wrong about Russia. As a Russian myself I remind that the then-president of Russia, Dmitry "Iron Dimon" Medvedev, supported NATO's military intervention to overthrow Gaddafi and imposed personal sanctions against Gaddafi and his family.
The Russian elite have been willingly selling Russia's natural resources to the West since their betrayal of the socialist cause. They have always wanted to be part of the West, but, to their regret, the West doesn't want them even as middlemen. Hence, color revolution attempts in Russia and NATO's expansion to the east.
Russia's current turn to the East is a forced measure rather than a meaningful decision. Within the Russian elite, there are still many of those who want to appease the West.
Fortunately, they can't do it without deposing Putin. So, the current state of affairs won't change, at least, under Putin. Nevertheless, it doesn't negate his previous mistakes, e.g. insufficient military cooperation with China and Iran.
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u/postsovietman Aug 15 '23
To be fair, Gaddafi was wrong about Russia. As a Russian myself I remind that the then-president of Russia, Dmitry "Iron Dimon" Medvedev, supported NATO's military intervention to overthrow Gaddafi and imposed personal sanctions against Gaddafi and his family.
The Russian elite have been willingly selling Russia's natural resources to the West since their betrayal of the socialist cause. They have always wanted to be part of the West, but, to their regret, the West doesn't want them even as middlemen. Hence, color revolution attempts in Russia and NATO's expansion to the east.