Pūćin’z atac on Ycren z’nt jst abt Yṛp. W mst rali ɖ wrld agnst ɖs act v wor
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 24 February 2022)
Globl opziśn nīdz t śo aspîrñ despots ɖt Ruśa’z inveźn v Ycren z a mstec on a historic scel
Devid Lami, Ʈrzde 24 Febrri 2022
Vlajīmir Pūćin’z inveźn v Ycren z an unpṛvoct ǎtrej n a hīṇs vạleśn v inṭnaśnl lw. It z prūf v hiz utr disrigard fr ɖ hlʈ n wlʈ v ɖ ppl v Ruśa n Ycren. H z a tîṛnt priperd t tec lîvz, dstrô infṛstrucćr n rob hiz ǒn sitiznz in ɖ nem v a dmntd impirịlist drīm.
Ɖ ic̣nomic sañśnz ɖt ɖ YC, its alîz n partnrz infors mst b az svir az poṣbl. Ɖ em śd b t cut Ruśa ǎt v ɖ wstn ic̣nomic sistm, tarġtñ ɖ fînans, eṇji, tecnoḷji n dfns sectrz az wel az indivijlz linct t Pūćin n ɖ Ruśn guvnmnt. Ɖ ifcts śd b dīp n loñ-lastñ. Ɖs confṛnteśn wl last fr yirz intu ɖ fyćr. N hir at hom, aftr yirz v stubn inax́n, ɖ guvnmnt mst nǎ fîṇli xpunj c’rupt Ruśn muni fṛm ɖ YC. W mst cloz ɖ cracs n lūphoulz ʈru ẃć ɖ tnṭclz v c’rupt fînans rīć intu ǎr icoṇmi n dmocṛsi.
Ẃl sañśnz r isnśl, w nǒ ɖt Pūćin’z cnsrnz g far bynd ɖ depʈ v hiz pocits, az śoun bî hiz wilñnis t act dspt wstn ʈrets v ic̣nomic pen. Ruśa hz bn pripẹrñ fr sañśnz fr at līst tū yirz. So, t dfit Ruśn agreśn, w nīd t d mor ɖn atac Pūćin’z bancbaḷns. Ẃl sañśnz mst b az comprihnsiv az poṣbl, w nīd a brōdr rspons t fes dǎn hiz agreśn.
T dfit Pūćin, w nīd t ynît agnst ɖ îdioḷji v Pūćinizm. Ɖs z an îdioḷji v oʈoṛterịnizm, impirịlizm n eʈno-naśṇlizm. It z nt ynīc t Ruśa. Ɖs îdioḷji z emyletd bî despots n dictetrz arnd ɖ wrld: līdrz in Ćîna, ɖ Midl Īst n bynd wl b woćñ ɖ streñʈ v ɖ wst’s rspons t ɖs inveźn az ɖe plot ɖer nxt muvz.
Ruśa’z atac wl hv loñ-trm impḷceśnz fr ɖ s’kṛti v Yṛp. F Pūćin z s’xesfl in ɖ śort trm, ɖ ny fruntlîn t Ruśn agreśn wl wîdn t includ Poḷnd, R’meńa, Sḷvacia n Hunġri, az wel az Istońa, Latvia n Liʈueńa. W mst wrc wɖ ǎr Nato n Yṛpiyn alîz n partnrz t bolstr ǎr continnt’s dfns n s’kṛti n śo streñʈ, yṇti n rzolv.
Bt ɖ opziśn t Pūćinizm nīdz t b brōdr ɖn ɖ G7, ɖ YY or Nato. W nīd t rali ɖ wrld agnst ɖs ʈret n wîdn ɖ inṭnaśnl cọliśn ɖt wl opoz ɖs grīṿs act v wor, n cǎntr Pūćin’z îdioḷji v naśṇlistic xpanśn. W nīd t enśur ɖt uɖr globl pleyrz sć az India opoz ɖ teṛbl presidnt set bî Pūćin’z inveźn v a sovrin YN membrstet n hiz atmt t ćenj naśnl bordrz ʈru militri fors.
W mst b clir ɖt ǎr opziśn z t Pūćin n hiz gañstŗeźīm, nt ordnri Ruśn ppl. Mni v ɖm wl b fīlñ dīpli unīzi az Ruśn trūps wêd acrs ɖer nirist nebr’z bordr, ɖ hom v mni v ɖer faṃli n frendz. Intrnl opziśn t Pūćin’z d’renjd xpanṣ́nizm z ɖ bst hop v endñ it. It’s impeṛtiv ɖt w spīc d’recli t ɖm, mcñ ɖ arğmnt fr dmocṛsi, frīdm n ɖ rît t slf-dtrṃneśn, n nvr alawñ ǎr opziśn t Pūćin t obskr ǎr dzîr fr frendśp n pīs wɖ Ruśn ppl.
It’s isnśl ɖt w cnvins aspîrñ despots arnd ɖ wrld ɖt ɖ Ruśn reźīm’z slîd intu impirịlizm z a historic mstec. Eni vicṭri wl b piric in ɖ loñ trm, jst az ɖ inveźn v Hunġri in 1956, Ćec̣sḷvacia in 1968 n Afgaṇstan in 1979 ol trnd ǎt t b fełrz in ɖ end. Ɖ rzult v inveźn z olwz brūtl dstrux́n, wɖ sviłnz còt in ɖ midl peyñ a teṛbl prîs. It z a moṛl impeṛtiv ɖt w cntiny t hlp Ycren t dfnd itslf bî pṛvîdñ dfnsiv iqipmnt alñsd p’liticl, dipḷmatic n fnanśl s’port.
Ɖ Ruśn reźīm’z inveźn v Ycren signlz ɖ end v ɖ post-coldwor ira. Nbdi nz ẃt cmz nxt. Ɖ ifcts v ɖs momnt wl dpnd az mć on ǎr rspons t ɖs agreśn az it wl on ɖ agreśn itslf. Ɖ rspons v ɖ YC, its alîz n its partnrz hz t b stroñ nt wìc, ynîtd nt dvîdd, n stṛtījic rɖr ɖn śort trm. Ǎr valyz v dmocṛsi n frīdm mst dfit Pūćinizm in ɖ end.
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