Part 3 of my reasoning as to what needs to happen to/in the Russian Federation to eliminate it as a persistent colonial aggressor. Here I explain how a total defeat in Ukraine could be a catalyst for the collapse of the Nazi Russian empire.

Part 1 & 2 recap:

• The Russian Federation is a colonial empire as expressed in its internal political and economic structure.
• In its foreign policy the empire uses intimidation for economic and influence gain.
• When intimidation doesn't work the empire uses brute force.
• Treaties are honored until they suit the needs of the empire.
• Fall of the current regime won't change much.
• The colonial structure is too lucrative for the metropole to surrender.
• The empire will continue to find external threats to maintain its stranglehold on the colonies.
• Chauvinistic culture of ethnic Russian exceptionalism would justify any aggression.

We finally get to discuss how to stop the centuries-long trend of genocidal wars by Russia.

Some argue that sanctions don't topple regimes and quickly point to Iran, North Korea, or Cuba. And they are partially right. Iran has been subjected to economic sanctions for the past 40 years. Yet the country remains to be a significant regional player, threatening Israel, etc.

But such thinking does not take into account Russia's colonial war of aggression against Ukraine. Iran is not involved in a large-scale war (when they were they had significant foreign support). Ukraine is the hope to end the cycle of Russian aggression.

https://twitter.com/Kozatsky_D/status/1526134824532168706

The war exposes Russia to a plethora of risks, that could be fully exploited through:

• A full embargo on Russia
• Arming Ukraine with what the Ukrainians are requesting The empire survived WW1, was partially decolonized in 1991, and quickly regressed to its old colonial ways.

In 1991 the can got kicked down the road. The West has the rare opportunity to potentially decolonize an empire without a direct confrontation. Despite the colonial war of aggression against Ichkeria/Chechnya, the world turned a blind eye in the hopes of integration in the 1990s.

In fact, the latest version of the empire got bailed out in the 90s. Russia received billions in foreign aid to undergo "reforms" allowing the new authorities to consolidate their power. They lost the first war in Ichkeria, so they tried again later.