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The Russian intervention in Ukraine was the result of a trap set by the West to force the Kremlin into choices that in Western plans should have led to Russia's defeat and ultimate submission. But reality often differs from our expectations and Russia has instead shown uncommon and heroic resistance. At the start of the Special Military Operation, the big boys of the West (sic) and their pimps rubbed their hands in anticipation of a victory that was already improbable at the time and now seems increasingly unlikely. Others, on the other hand, have stood up and continue to do so, loudly denouncing the dangers of the crisis before our eyes and the existential threat that has pushed Russia into action.

It is well known, but it cannot be repeated often enough, that the general strategy of the United States, a major power with the added advantage of being "bi-oceanic", both Atlantic and Pacific, is to control the European and Asian coasts that face it, so that no power emerges there that could overtake Washington.

THIS IS THE ENGLISH ORIGINAL OF A COLUMN SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED BY LEADING RUSSIAN BUSINESS DAILY VEDOMOSTI: https://www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/columns/2023/04/10/970144-konets-sveta-dlya-gegemona