REFERENCE: Aura Of Responsibility

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https://www.historytools.org/stories/machiavellis-the-prince-the-art-of-being-feared-without-being-hated

One of Machiavelli‘s most provocative arguments in "The Prince" is that it is better for a ruler to be feared than loved.

 

On Domestic Policies

Enduring Stability

https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/330239-average-russians-think-putin

Russia’s annexation of Crimea was very popular domestically, and following this Putin's rating remained at 80% and above for a long time. It reached a historic high of 90% in 2015, when Russia began its military campaign in Syria. Both these events turned Putin into "a true muzhik" in the eyes of many Russians.

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2024-01-09/poll-russians-still-like-putin-and-back-the-ukraine-war#google_vignette

Majorities of respondents in Russia support Vladimir Putin as he seeks another presidential term and accept his justification of the country’s war in Ukraine as a broader struggle with the West, according to the results of a new survey released Tuesday. But undercurrents within the Russian population also are concerned about economic malaise in the country and are fearful of where the war might be heading.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-support-for-the-ukraine-war-questioned-in-a-survey-and-results-show-propaganda-concerns/ar-AA1yAWj3

According to a survey commissioned by the Kremlin, the majority of Russians support the war with Ukraine. However, analysts from the Institute for the Study of War question the credibility of these results, pointing out their propagandistic nature.

 

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210405-putin-signs-law-enabling-him-to-stay-in-power-until-2036

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday gave final approval to legislation allowing him to hold office for two additional six-year terms, giving himself the possibility to stay in power until 2036.

 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Napoleonic-Code

Napoleonic Code, French civil code enacted on March 21, 1804, and still extant, with revisions. It was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America.

 

Prosperity in Western Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the total market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita

Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living; however, this is inaccurate because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income.

 

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/RUS/russia/gdp-per-capita

Russia GDP Per Capita 1988-2025.

 

https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/the-worst-form-of-government/

"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…" -- Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_emigration_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started in late February 2022, more than 300,000 Russian citizens and residents are estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of August 2022, and an additional 400,000 by early October, for a total of approximately 900,000.

 

Prosperity in Eastern Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Highway

It stretches over 11,000 kilometres (6,800 miles) from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok. The road is the second-longest national highway in the world after Australia's Highway 1.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R297_highway

The Russian route R297 or the Amur Highway (so named after the nearby Amur River) is a federal highway in Russia, part of the Trans-Siberian Highway. With a length of 2,100 km (1,300 mi), it is the longest segment, from Chita to Khabarovsk, connecting the paved roads of Siberia with those of the Russian Far East.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway

Spanning a length of over 9,289 kilometers (5,772 miles), it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the east.

 

https://east-west-tours.com/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-trans-siberian-train

Fast trains (skorry poezd). Train numbers from 1 to 160. They are very comfortable and fast with minimum stops in larger cities. The timetables are convenient (departing at night, arriving in the morning). Average speed – 70-90 km/h.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_ft_and_1520_mm_gauge_railways#Russian_Empire,_1842

George Washington Whistler, a prominent American railway engineer, ... recommended 5 ft (1,524 mm) on the basis that it was cheaper to construct than 6 ft (1,829 mm) and cheaper to maintain than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). His advice won over the Tsar.

 

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-trains/high-speed/

China high speed trains, also known as bullet or fast trains, can reach a top speed of 350 km/h (217 mph).

 

https://safety4sea.com/cm-ever-given-the-grounding-that-changed-the-worlds-view-of-shipping/

Overall, Ever Given’s grounding resulted in significant economic losses, with some estimates suggesting that it cost the global economy around $10 billion per day.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Land_Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Eurasian_Land_Bridge

<About the first and second Eurasian Land Bridges>

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen

The existing network consisted of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge lines ... could not be adapted to higher speeds due to technical limitations.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_out_(manufacturing)

Lights-out manufacturing is the methodology of fully automating the production of goods at factories and other industrial facilities, such as to require no human presence on-site.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_farming
https://www.edengreen.com/blog-collection/what-is-vertical-farming
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2019/09/vertical-farming-agriculture-aerofarms/
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/the-worlds-largest-vertical-farm-using-95-less-water-opens-in-dubai

<Articles about vertical farming>

 

https://hir.harvard.edu/climate-change-and-siberia-no-time-for-continued-climate-inaction/

Russia’s Siberia is presently experiencing catastrophic impacts of climate change, and responsible governance is essential to protecting the livelihoods of locals and preserving economic and environmental health.

 

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2024/02/16/ukraine-war-has-cost-russia-up-to-211-billion-pentagon-says/

Almost two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ... military operations in Ukraine have cost Russia up to $211 billion and the country has lost $10 billion in canceled or paused arms sales.

 

https://geohistory.today/vladivostok/

As WWI was still raging, American, British, and Japanese forces occupied the city together with White Army troops in order to protect supplies, supply lines, and the British and Japanese citizens still resident in the city. The armies collectively resisted the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakhalin_Tunnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakhalin%E2%80%93Hokkaido_Tunnel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel

<Land connection between Russia and Japan.>

 

Returning Veterans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_repressions_against_former_prisoners_of_war

During and after World War II, the Soviet Union implemented strict policies toward its prisoners of war (POWs), treating their capture or encirclement by enemy forces as an act of treason ... After the war, by 1946, ... 15% of the POWs (226,127 out of 1,539,475 total) were transferred to the NKVD, i.e. the Gulag. Another estimate for the percentage of soldiers sent to Gulags is 17%.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Siberia

The vast majority of the Siberian population (over 85%) is Slavic and other Indo-European ethnicities, mainly the Russians (including their subethnic group Siberians), Ukrainians, and Germans.

 

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-putin-ukraine-war-economy-7e410058

Today, peace would likely see many of the hundreds of thousands of troops in Ukraine, particularly those who signed short-term contracts, demobilized and sent back to civilian life at a time of slowing economic and wage growth.

 

Enduring Prosperity

https://www.ncesc.com/geographic-faq/where-do-most-of-russias-people-live-and-why/

About 75 percent of Russia’s population lives on the Northern European Plain, which is part of the western region of the country. This area is more densely populated and is home to major cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg.

 

https://www.heritage.org/commentary/the-man-who-would-not-be-king

Jefferson later observed. "He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man." ... When he stepped down again, after his second term as president, a dumbfounded King George III proclaimed him "the greatest character of the age."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great

Frederick was a supporter of enlightened absolutism, stating that the ruler should be the first servant of the state.

 

On Foreign Affairs

https://www.worlddata.info/alliances/cis-commonwealth-of-independent-states.php

The CIS is an alliance of ten member states, currently, which emerged in 1991 from the former republics of the Soviet Union and are all located in Asia and Eastern Europe.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/09/27/yeltsin-claims-russian-sphere-of-influence/fe3fe83b-bef3-4c10-b9bf-4784b4ec39c6/

UNITED NATIONS, SEPT. 26 (1994) -- Russian President Boris Yeltsin told the United Nations today that Russia's priority interests lie in the newly independent nations of the former Soviet Union, and he served notice that Moscow believes it has the prime responsibility for ensuring peace and stability among those neighboring states ... But he left no doubt that Russia considers conflicts in the region "a threat to the security of our state," and he added: "The main peacekeeping burden in the territory of the former Soviet Union lies upon the Russian Federation."

 

https://theconversation.com/should-america-be-the-worlds-cop-what-the-experts-say-84550

Should America be the world’s cop? What the experts say.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia#Russian_Federation_(1991%E2%80%93present)

List of wars involving the Russian Federation (1991–present).

 

https://rsmus.com/insights/economics/how-attacks-on-red-sea-shipping-are-affecting-trade.html

The attacks on international shipping in and around the Red Sea have caused significant disruption to shipping routes from Asia and the Middle East to Europe. Trade through the Red Sea accounts for 15% of total global sea trade, including vital supplies of grains, seaborne liquefied natural gas and oil.

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-calls-tariff-most-104700748.html

Speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago, Trump expressed his continued enthusiasm for tariffs, calling it "the most beautiful word in the dictionary".

 

https://www.eastviewpress.com/russias-pivot-to-the-east-achievements-problems-and-prospects/

The time that has elapsed since Russia officially proclaimed its “pivot to the East” warrants some tentative conclusions about its nature, achievements, problems, and prospects.

 

https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/russias-expanding-energy-ties-in-central-asia/

What’s behind Central Asian countries’ steadily growing dependence on Russian energy.

 

https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/sa/sa_june01rom01.html

The new Central Asian republics are of considerable significance to Moscow and the Russian policy assigns paramount importance to this region.

 

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