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Ukraine should be making plans on absorbing Russia

Alexei Sorokin
2 min readSep 20, 2022

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Absorbing a failed, disintegrated state that caused nothing but death and destruction is a questionable proposition, I know.

Oh, how exaggerated and ridiculous, Russia survived this and that, I can imagine some delusional folks say.

This time it’s over, folks. We don’t know how soon exactly, but it’s over.

The funeral for Putin will be nothing like for Queen Elizabeth. I bet already now — though they will never admit it — Putin’s most loyal ass-kissers are going to bed every night refining their post-Putin-death comments. We have to take a closer look at what exactly happened… My comments on that TV show — they were grotesque, can’t you tell? We were scared. To live in fear is to suffer. We are now free.

Unable to mobilize its military force for political reasons (’cause that’d be the end of Putin), Putin’s associates are working hard on forming paramilitary units, recruiting convicts and clueless youngsters. Before you know Putin’s associates won’t be his associates. How long can you tolerate an aging delusional person? For as long, as there is some adrenaline and opportunities to make money. And all these paramilitary groups — whoever survives, what's there to do when you are back from the lost war? Crime, guerilla wars, fighting new wars in an attempt to separate from the failed state.

And the Russian people — we don’t know the exact proportions, because there is so much fear, so much terror — they’re divided. Let’s…

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Alexei Sorokin
Alexei Sorokin

Written by Alexei Sorokin

A Russian immigrant in America, father of 4, Cambridge and Harvard Business School alum. I run and write every day. https://runningwritingliving.substack.com/

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