Two days ago, on the high-speed train, a respected old man suddenly called me and asked me, "Can you tell me why Putin has been in power in Russia for so many years?"

In this matter, we do not comment on Putin's merits and demerits, because we know that many friends in China admire Russian President Putin, and some friends have prejudices and dislike Putin. Of course, there are different opinions.

Here, I do not make any evaluation of President Putin himself, I only say from the character of the Russians, why the Russian regime structure is so stable once implemented.

Picture of Putin.

There are many reasons for this. The first reason: Russia is not a country in the West where people can protest in front of the square like ancient Greece. Russia's development path is that after being invaded by the Mongols, it was ruled by Mongolians for more than 200 years. The way Mongolia rules is the tribal way. The patriarch is in charge of everything, and he controls the power of life and death.

Because Mongolian genes flow in the blood of Russians, Mongolian genes are tame from top to bottom. Don't think that Russians are good at fighting and have the spirit of independent struggle. No, they are deeply rooted in this kind of family obedience under tribal culture. The word "obedience" is an extremely common phenomenon in Russia.

The second point is that the religion of Russia is Orthodoxy. For example, in Europe, Christianity and imperialism are divided; but Orthodoxy is clearly said to serve the emperor, to serve the emperor, to serve the tsar. There is an influence of Orthodoxy, there are Mongolian genes, which makes the Russians very identified and recognized a tsar in terms of spiritual attributes.

Third, because of these reasons, the tsar's rule is special from above to below, that is, the tsar believes that all people are his subjects, and all subjects' assets belong to him.

No matter how high-ranking a prince you are, no matter how rich a rich man you are, the tsar orders all confiscation, no legal means, no hearing, no such thing.

These are some of the traditions they have formed. Under this tradition, if an emperor or tsar was not tyrannical to a certain extent, did not offend his close relatives or other aristocrats within him, he did not have enough power to oppose it.

Fourth, it was the long-term slavery of the Shah Russian regime. At that time, 80% were slave farmers, and the slave farmers were working every day, dependent on the landlord. This physical dependence made them conscious that they did not have independent autonomy in their genes, and did not think about these things, instead of working with a mouthpiece.

The picture shows Peter the Great

This leads to an extremely stable existence in the whole history of Tsarist Russia, but there are constant bloody struggles within the court. It is very common for Ivan the Terrible, then the grandson of Peter the Great, and his daughter to fight for power there, but there is no saying that the people can do that.

Of course, there are also people like the Pugachev Uprising, but in Russian history, serfs really couldn't survive. As long as they had enough food to eat, they would not think about these things. All of these, coupled with the collectivist and nationalist concepts formed during the Soviet period, have been strengthened. Add it up, how many people do you think will resist? Of course, there are also, less.

In addition, it must be said that when Putin was President of Russia, Russia was very weak. during the Yeltsin era, the United States was humiliated, the international status was suddenly declined, and Chechnya was beaten to the face and lost soldiers.

In fact, what Putin did was a pact with the people: the pact was, ¡°Don¡¯t be delusional in politics, no matter what, I guarantee you, through oil and gas, including other measures, that you can survive a wealthy and stable normal life.¡±

It is this contract that Russia has basically achieved before 2022. As long as ordinary people don't make trouble, have a meal to eat, have a job, be stable, receive a pension, and have free medical care, it basically exists. This is why Russia has this stable structure.

Pictured is Yeltsin

The last one, I heard a joke in Germany, but it was not a joke, and it was told by the Russians themselves: a group of Russian exiles, who told me in Germany during the Putin era, said that we Russians were like small animals locked in a zoo for a long time during the Soviet Union. We were kept inside, without freedom, but with food and drink.

Then Yeltsin came, the Soviet Union broke down, we let it go, we could go everywhere, we ran everywhere, but we found out where the bread went? where the milk went? we couldn¡¯t eat enough.