ᴍᴏsᴄᴏᴡ
ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅsᴛ ᴏғ ᴀ ғɪᴇʀᴄᴇ ᴡᴀʀ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴋʀᴀɪɴᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪsᴄᴜssɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʙᴜʟɢᴀʀɪᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏᴘʜᴇᴛ ʙᴀʙᴀ ᴠᴀᴇɴɢᴀ ʜᴀs ɪɴᴛᴇɴsɪғɪᴇᴅ. ʙᴀʙᴀ ᴠᴀᴇɴɢᴀ, 𝟾𝟻, ᴡʜᴏ ᴀᴄᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ 𝟿/𝟷𝟷 ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋs ᴏғ ᴀʟ ǫᴀᴇᴅᴀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛsᴜɴᴀᴍɪ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜs, sᴀɪᴅ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ “ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜʟᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ” ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴜʀᴏᴘᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛᴜʀɴ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ “ᴡᴀsᴛᴇʟᴀɴᴅ”. B̳a̳b̳a̳ V̳a̳n̳g̳a̳ sᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴍᴇʟᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sɴᴏᴡ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴜɴᴛᴏᴜᴄʜᴇᴅ – ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪᴅᴇ ᴏғ ᴠʟᴀᴅɪᴍɪʀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀɪᴅᴇ ᴏғ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳.
ʙᴀʙᴀ ᴠᴀᴇɴɢᴀ sᴀɪᴅ, ‘ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴀɴ sᴛᴏᴘ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳. ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ (R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳) ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜʟᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ. ᴛʜɪs ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ʙᴀʙᴀ ᴠᴀᴇɴɢᴀ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄ ᴏғ ᴅɪsᴄᴜssɪᴏɴ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳’s ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴜᴋʀᴀɪɴᴇ. ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀs ᴏғ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳ɴ ᴘʀᴇsɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴠʟᴀᴅɪᴍɪʀ P̳u̳t̳i̳n̳, R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳ɴ ғᴏʀᴄᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴠɪɢᴏʀᴏᴜs ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋs ɪɴ ᴜᴋʀᴀɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅs ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴘɪᴛᴀʟ ᴋʏɪᴠ. ᴍᴇᴀɴᴡʜɪʟᴇ, P̳u̳t̳i̳n̳ ʜᴀs ᴘᴜᴛ ʜɪs ɴᴜᴄʟᴇᴀʀ ғᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴏɴ ᴀʟᴇʀᴛ ɪɴ ᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇᴅɴᴇss ᴏғ ɴᴀᴛᴏ.
B̳a̳b̳a̳ V̳a̳n̳g̳a̳, ᴅᴜʙʙᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ “ɴᴏsᴛʀᴀᴅᴀᴍᴜs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʟᴋᴀɴs,” ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅɪᴇᴅ 𝟸𝟼 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ɢᴏ ᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪs ᴅᴀʏ. ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪɴɪᴛɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜʟɢᴀʀɪᴀɴ ᴄʟᴀɪʀᴠᴏʏᴀɴᴛ ɪs ᴡᴇʟʟ-ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴄᴏɴsᴘɪʀᴀᴄʏ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀɪsᴛs ғᴏʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ғᴏʀᴇᴄᴀsᴛɪɴɢ ɢʟᴏʙᴀʟ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs.
ᴠᴀɴɢᴀ ɪs ᴀʟʟᴇɢᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴋᴇʏ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ 𝟿/𝟷𝟷 ᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋs ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀᴇxɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴇʀɪᴇs ᴏғ ᴍʏsᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ғᴏʀᴇᴄᴀsᴛs ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ 𝟻𝟶𝟽𝟿. ɴᴏᴡ, ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀғᴛᴇʀᴍᴀᴛʜ ᴏғ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳’s ᴅᴇᴀᴅʟʏ ᴡᴀʀ ᴏɴ ᴜᴋʀᴀɪɴᴇ, ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ B̳a̳b̳a̳ V̳a̳n̳g̳a̳’s ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ʜᴀs ɢᴏɴᴇ ᴠɪʀᴀʟ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ.
‘ᴠʟᴀᴅɪᴍɪʀ P̳u̳t̳i̳n̳ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴜʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴅᴀʏ’
ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴅᴀɪʟʏ ᴍᴀɪʟ ᴜᴋ sᴛᴏʀᴇʏ, B̳a̳b̳a̳ V̳a̳n̳g̳a̳ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇʀ ᴠᴀʟᴇɴᴛɪɴ sɪᴅᴏʀᴏᴠ ᴛʜᴀᴛ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ “ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʟᴏʙᴇ,” ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴇᴜʀᴏᴘᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴀ “ᴡᴀsᴛᴇʟᴀɴᴅ.” ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʀᴍɪɴɢʜᴀᴍ ᴍᴀɪʟ, sʜᴇ sᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ, “ᴀʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴡ, ᴀs ɪғ ɪᴄᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴜɴᴅᴀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅ — ᴠʟᴀᴅɪᴍɪʀ’s ᴍᴀᴊᴇsᴛʏ, R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳’s ɢʟᴏʀʏ.” sʜᴇ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ, “ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪᴛ ɪs ʙʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴠɪᴄᴛɪᴍ.” ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛʜᴡᴀʀᴛ R̳u̳s̳i̳a̳.”
ᴠᴀɴɢᴀ ʜᴀᴅ ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴅʟʏ ᴀʟsᴏ sᴀɪᴅ, “ᴀʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ʙʏ ʜᴇʀ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴋᴇᴘᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴀʟsᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇs ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ.”
ᴠᴀɴɢᴀ, ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀs ʙᴏʀɴ ɪɴ 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟷, ɪs ᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴜɴᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅʟʏ ʟᴏsᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇsɪɢʜᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɢᴇ ᴏғ 𝟷𝟸 ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ sᴛᴏʀᴍ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴠɪsɪᴏɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ ʙᴇɢᴀɴ.
ᴠᴀɴɢᴀ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴘʜᴇsɪᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪsᴇ ᴏғ ɪsɪs ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ 𝟺𝟺ᴛʜ ᴘʀᴇsɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴛᴇᴅ sᴛᴀᴛᴇs ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀғʀɪᴄᴀɴ-ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ. ᴡʜᴇɴ sʜᴇ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ɪɴ 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟼, sʜᴇ ʟᴇғᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ 𝟻𝟶𝟽𝟿, ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ sʜᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇɴᴅ. sʜᴇ sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅʟʏ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀɴ 𝟾𝟻% sᴜᴄᴄᴇss ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ғᴏʀᴇᴄᴀsᴛs.
ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʜɪs ᴏᴡɴ ᴅᴇ̳ᴀ̳ᴛ̳ʜ̳ ᴀᴄᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴇʟʏ
ʙᴏʀɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴜʀᴏᴘᴇᴀɴ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ᴏғ ʙᴜʟɢᴀʀɪᴀ, ʙᴀʙᴀ ᴠᴀᴇɴɢᴀ’s ʀᴇᴀʟ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɪs ᴠᴇɴɢᴇʟɪᴀ ɢᴜsʜᴛᴇʀᴏᴠᴀ ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴇ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ɪɴ 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟼. B̳a̳b̳a̳ V̳a̳n̳g̳a̳ ᴡᴀs ʙᴏʀɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟷. ʙᴀʙᴀ ᴠᴇɴɢᴀ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢᴏᴅ ʜᴀᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀʀᴇ ɢɪғᴛ ᴏғ sᴇᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪs sᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɢᴇ ᴏғ 𝟷𝟸, B̳a̳b̳a̳ V̳a̳n̳g̳a̳ ʟᴏsᴛ ʜɪs ᴇʏᴇsɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴇ sᴛᴏʀᴍ. ʜᴇ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟғ ʜᴀᴅ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʜɪs ᴅᴇ̳ᴀ̳ᴛ̳ʜ̳ ᴀᴄᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴇʟʏ. ʙᴀʙᴀ ᴠᴇɴɢᴀ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴅʏɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟼, ʜᴀᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ʜɪs ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ 𝟻𝟶𝟽𝟿 ᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ 𝟻𝟶𝟽𝟿.
B̳a̳b̳a̳ V̳a̳n̳g̳a̳ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ 𝟻𝟶𝟽𝟿. ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴅʏɪɴɢ, ʙᴀʙᴀ ᴠᴀᴇɴɢᴀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴀᴄᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴs sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪssᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴠɪᴇᴛ ᴜɴɪᴏɴ, ᴛʜᴇ 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟷 ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛʀᴀᴅᴇ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ, ᴛʜᴇ 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟺 ᴛsᴜɴᴀᴍɪ, ᴀғʀɪᴄᴀɴ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴇsᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜs ᴘʀᴇsɪᴅᴇɴᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇ̳ᴀ̳ᴛ̳ʜ̳ ᴏғ ʙʀɪᴛᴀɪɴ’s ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇss ᴅɪᴀɴᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟶 ᴀʀᴀʙ sᴘʀɪɴɢ. .
B̳a̳b̳a̳ V̳a̳n̳g̳a̳ ʜᴀᴅ ᴡᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ᴏғ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴄᴀʟᴀᴍɪᴛɪᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸
