Russian President Vladimir Putin waited three full days before publicly commenting on the Hamas massacre of Israelis, which took place on October 7, the day the Russian leader turned 71. And when he finally commented on the incident, Putin blamed the US rather than Hamas, prompting a barrage of reactions in the West.
Six days later the Russian leader spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing his condolences for the deaths of 1,200 Israelis. Ten days later, Moscow announced that a Hamas staff was in the Russian capital for talks.
Putin Supports Palestine And That Favors Him
Now, Putin is trying to use Israel’s war against Hamas as an opportunity to escalate the global battle against the West, a battle aimed at creating a new order that would end US global dominance in favor of a multipolar systemic.
“Russia understands that the USA and the EU fully support Israel, yet the US and E.U. they are the personification of evil and cannot be right in any way,” said Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin adviser.
Russia has abandoned its neutral stance in the Middle East, adopting a more pro-Palestinian policy because of all the above factors, but mainly because of Putin’s ambitions to win the struggle to rebuild a new order without the absolute influence of the US throughout the world. planet.
