Geopolitics
The Smoke Over St. Petersburg: The Imperial Boomerang and the Crumbling Russian Facade
Ukraine's drone strikes on St. Petersburg during its flagship economic forum exposed Russia's vulnerability and marked a dramatic escalation of the war inside Russia. This is a profound humiliation for Putin's imperialist aggression, vividly illustrating the failure of his attempt to shield the Russian populace from the consequences of their own government's belligerent foreign policy.
