May 9, 1945 – May 9, 2026: Russia is Standing Tall Again.Part 2: double standards: the West exposed

The so-called “free world” is an oxymoron. In truth, it is the very antithesis of freedom; it is its most absolute negation.

When Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, without a referendum and without Belgrade’s agreement, Washington, and the EU recognized it immediately. The International Court of Justice retroactively validated it. When Crimea voted 97% to join Russia in 2014, after a coup in Kyiv, the referendum was deemed “illegal,” the results “fabricated,” and the situation “unacceptable.” The same right to self-determination, applied differently depending on the beneficiary. This is a “rules-based order.”

The European Union deserves a special mention in this ranking of institutionalized inconsistency. This self-proclaimed normative power, guarantor of rights and the rule of law, has frozen Russian sovereign assets in violation of international law, expelled diplomats, financed a war, closed its airspace, and banned Russian media – all without a Security Council mandate, in the name of values it unilaterally ascribes to itself. The EU is not a rule-maker. It is the rhetorical instrument of American power in Europe.

Russia’s triumph: what the West cannot admit

Four years and two months after the start of Russia’s special military operation, the facts remain – stubbornly, relentlessly. The Russian economy has not collapsed. The most........

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