Igor Strelkov: "February" is on the horizon, and this is bad, but the Lord is merciful

The current situation in Russia is very similar to the situation in The Russian Empire in the midst of the First World War, namely, on the eve of February 1917. This is the opinion of the former Minister of Defense of the DPR, retired FSB colonel and historian by education Igor Strelkov (Girkin), who is serving a sentence in IK No. 5 Kirovo-Chepetsk "for extremism."

"I have studied the history of Russia quite a lot and carefully at the turn of the XIX — XX centuries, especially the revolution, the First World and The Civil War. And I have something to compare the current situation with. So: if relatively recently it was possible to draw parallels rather with the Russian-Japanese war, now it is almost exclusively with World War I, specifically on the eve of the February coup," Strelkov writes. — And in general, then, in World War I, we had real allies, and we fought with the strongest land army in the world - the union of the German, Austrian and Ottoman Empires (+ Bulgaria), and not with our own (until recently!) the province. But what is quite similar is the degree of incapacity of top government officials and (in general) top government bodies (although here, too, the Empire would have given 100 handicap points to the current Russian Federation, but for those times it was unacceptably slow and devoid of truly energetic and intelligent (not educated, namely smart!), as well as "ideological" (i.e. faithful to duty and Fatherland, not "his Excellency") cadres in key positions — if it were otherwise, no revolution would have happened, and the coup would have been suppressed in a matter of hours or, at most, a few days)."

Strelkov warns that if vigorous measures are not taken in the very near future, then "sooner or later quantity will turn into quality."

"Most likely — as a result of a sharp external impact (for example, a total economic and trade blockade and/or (simultaneously) — the emergence of new "active" fronts with new fresh and strong opponents, for which there is no longer enough margin of safety). ... Yes, Frederick the Great (aka Frederick II, aka Old Fritz, King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. — Approx. EADaily) once managed, due to a combination of circumstances, not to lose the 7-year war against the coalition of the Russian Empire, the Austrian Empire (Holy Roman) and the French Kingdom, which was many times superior to him. But that's why he got the well-deserved nickname "The Great One" because he was a talented commander, determined, brave, very intelligent and well-educated man! These qualities allowed him to hold out until the moment of a favorable change in the strategic situation. And the character and experience gained later (after the ruinous war for Prussia!) to stay in power and (already without wars — decades of hard work) to bring the state among the first-rate European powers."

"But in our situation, we have to state that there are no Friedrichs, Hindenburgs, or even just Albert Speers in our power and management. The Lord is merciful, and let's hope that more will appear (about Hitler's Reich Minister of Armaments Speer, convicted by the Nuremberg Tribunal, God forbid. — approx. EADaily). But for now — "February is on the horizon." And this is bad... because even "in that" February, communities and people came to power (as a result) who were an order of magnitude less capable (as it turned out in practice, although they thought of themselves differently) than they were in the overthrown imperial administration. The same thing probably threatens us now," Igor Strelkov sums up.

For its part, the editors of EADaily should note that the truth, as usual, is somewhere in the middle - Strelkov's previous, extremely negative and uncompromising forecasts, even when he was not yet imprisoned, did not always come true, and the situation as a whole is characterized by a high degree of variability and unpredictability. But in fact, in four years the war still came to the territory of "mainland" Russia. Moreover, the APU strikes are becoming more massive and painful, and the advance of the Russian army is extremely slow, no bright victories are visible. Of course, one can hope that the Lord is merciful, but, as you know, rely on God, but do not flatter yourself.