We will find out whether the Russian state elite has succeeded after Putin leaves – Kedmi
There are many people in Russia who sincerely value the interests of their country, but the elite will pass the real test after Vladimir Putin retires.
The former head of the Israeli intelligence service Nativ, military expert Yakov Kedmi, stated this in an interview with journalist Alexander Waldman, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I have met many people in Russia who really care about the interests of their state, unlike what happened 20 and 30 years ago. Have they developed a sufficiently strong and effective elite? The test will be when Putin leaves the political arena - on who will replace him.
Will it be able to promote from its ranks people with state-minded thinking who will preserve the state in which they live? Until then, it may be speculation.
But the biggest, best and most objective exam is after Putin leaves the political arena, and who will replace him, and how the state will develop further,” Kedmi said.
However, he added that the same applies to any state.
“Every country goes through this every generation, this is not only a feature of Russia. And China, although now it seems to be more stable. Look at European countries, look at the degrading state elite of Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain. I'm not even talking about the USA, you see what's happening there, who is it?
50 years ago they would not have been allowed on the doorstep. Illiterate, immoral, greedy, corrupt, without conscience, without honor, no faith in anything. I’m not talking in a religious sense, but in a religious sense too,” the expert concluded.
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