Ben,

Excellent analysis of Putin and his nefarious crime in the light of philosophy

I highlighted, in parentheses, because I can't illuminate the texts here on Medium.

"Experts suspect that Putin alone has stolen and hidden from Russia hundreds of billions of dollars".

Better than this suspicion is the work of The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/04/pandora-papers-at-a-glance

If his inner circle has all this wealth, his is at least bigger than all of'em added.

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“We’re free, therefore, to build a better world. This should go without saying but surrendering to “natural rights” or to primitive dominance hierarchies in the modern conservative manner is the opposite of honorably reckoning with that existential condition”. Excellent!

"Putin wants to re-establish the Russian empire, while all empires are vain undertakings in the context of our species' against the wilderness".

I received, from the Ambassador and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs and ex-Minister of Finance of Brazil, Rubens Ricupero, Ex General Secretary of UN, with whom I was and am a friend, his interview, in which he says that Russia has already lost the war, a small economy, equal to that of Brazil, a declining population, which from now on will have to close down in the face of retaliation from the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Rússia is isolated and will be more still, iniciating another period of Cold War.

Unfortunately, I couldn't include English subtitles; maybe you or acquaintances know how to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7G4DmSc_4

Once again, congratulations and thanks.