The channel of Miroslava Reginskaya, the wife of Igor Ivanovich Strelkov (Girkin), March 18 2026:
Igor Strelkov's Answers to Questions from Participants in the “OSVAG” Chat
Question: In your opinion, does the current situation in Russia resemble more the final days of the Russian Empire or the 1980s, before the collapse of the USSR? Or are there no close historical parallels?
Strelkov: As is well known, history unfolds in a spiral, from ancient times to the present day. Therefore, all situations that exist today have already existed in one form or another at some point; something similar has happened before.
Every 2-3 generations, certain situations repeat themselves at a specific point in the cycle, and whether these threats escalate into a catastrophe or the country navigates them safely depends on subjective factors, including the presence of a capable and competent elite.
Over the past century, Russia has twice plunged into catastrophe, and both times the consequences were utterly disastrous and utterly chaotic - due, first and foremost, to the incompetence of its elite, including, particularly in the second instance, those at the helm of the state.
We are now indeed in a situation similar to that of 1904-1905, February 1917, and the events of 1990-1991. In some ways, they are similar. Of course, the situation is still unique. It cannot be 100% similar to any one of those periods. But many factors that had a negative impact on the course of history in 1905, 1917, and 1986-1991 are present today as well.
One could say that we have a gerontocracy - and not one led by the best representatives of the elderly. We have a mafiocracy: in fact, we have a group in power that came to power in a formally legitimate manner. There are a multitude of reasons for this. A very poorly, extremely poorly managed war with heavy losses and no clear strategic goal.
There are many similarities, I emphasize once again. But identical causes never produce exactly the same results. In theory, we could still find a way out of this dead end, out of this trap. In practice, however, I haven't seen any steps toward that, and I still don't see any to this day.
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