Citizens, let us examine an incident that lays bare the truth behind #Russia’s so-called “multipolarity.” The downing of an #Azeri plane is more than a tragedy; it is a testament to the imperial arrogance that #Moscow cloaks under the guise of a new world order. This is not the multipolarity of equals, but the assertion of a simple and brutal doctrine: the strong may act with impunity, while the weak must suffer their indignities in silence.
Witness the plight of President #Aliyev of #Azerbaijan, humiliated in the skies as his plane was forced to turn back en route to St. #Petersburg (#SPB) for the informal CIS summit. That moment, citizens, will echo in history—not just for Azerbaijan, but for every nation that dares to believe in its sovereignty while standing in #Moscow’s shadow. These so-called “middle powers,” flattered by #Putin when they support his confrontation with the #West, are swiftly bullied and broken the moment they assert their own independence.
Arrogance! That is the foundation of #Russian foreign policy. Toward those smaller or deemed “unfriendly,” it is an iron boot, unrelenting and unapologetic. And even toward larger powers—#Turkey, the United States—#Moscow’s tone drips with condescension, barely concealing its disdain. Yet here, with the #Baku – #Grozny flight that fell from the skies over #Kazakhstan, we find two smaller nations, both deemed non-compliant with Moscow’s ambitions, caught in the crossfire of this arrogance.
Now the world watches. How will Moscow respond? Will #Putin and #Kadyrov humble themselves with a public apology, as even the most ruthless regimes have done after such tragedies? Will they investigate with sincerity and admit fault, taking responsibility not only for the missile that struck the plane but for refusing an immediate landing—an act that might have saved lives but exposed #Grozny ’s elites and its “sensitive sites” to further risk?
Or will #Russia do what it has done so many times before? Will it obfuscate, deny, weave a web of lies, and force #Azerbaijan and #Kazakhstan into complicity through coercion and threats? Shades of the tragedy of #Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH17 linger in this scenario—a chilling reminder of Russia’s playbook when caught in the wrong.
This moment, citizens, is a test of the “multipolarity” that Moscow claims to champion. Is it the coexistence of equals, as its propagandists declare? Or is it a system where might makes right, and the Kremlin’s strength is wielded without accountability? Already, the signs are clear. The state press, UniTASS 
, clouds the air with vagueness and absurd claims of birds as the culprits. And the #Kremlin ’s silence, long and heavy, is not the silence of reflection—it is the silence of disgrace.
This tragedy unveils the true face of #Russian multipolarity: domination masked as equality, coercion disguised as diplomacy. Let it serve as a warning to all nations who dare trust in Moscow’s promises. For in Russia’s world order, there are no equals—only the masters and the mastered.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/azerbaijan-airlines-plane-crashed-after-physical-and-technical-external-interference-carrier-says-1.7158281
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