The Brown Bear

The brown bear During Yeltsin years when he sold Russia down the river People in the west loved the brown bear we patronized the Russian as vodka swilling village idiots. The cuddly bear died, and a steely-eyed fox to the helm and the Russians was no longer cuddly. The Russian federation was no longer willing to play the game ascribed by the western press no longer willing to be pushed around and laughed at. Putin, the fox, turned Russia into a modern state that has a modern army that is powerful if stirred by the west. Russia wants peace but does not like the encroachment by NATO/US, that is like Indians in western movies encircling the wagons. Putin, president of Russia, vilified by the western media and the EU, ain't forgiving even the capitalists know this and stalk carefully.