Dear reader,
Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island commands the world.
— Halford Mackinder, Democratic Ideals and Reality.
In February, a full-scale war erupted between Ukraine and Russia, bringing with it massive ramifications for the already fragile global economy.
Both the Western political elite and the failing legacy media vilify Russian President Vladimir Putin as the greatest evil since Adolf Hitler.
But is he, or is there something else at play here?
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