We all remember what happened sixty years ago in the battle of Stalingrad. More people lost their lives in six month in the city, than Americans lost in their war of independence, civil war, 1st world war, 2nd world war, Korean war, Vietnam war put together. Looking at it on a statistical level, the Stalingrad battle was the anvil on which the might of the super efficient German armed forces were ground down, bit by bit, and exhausted till it could fight no more. The Soviet victory at Stalingrad changed the course of history. Now, sixty years later, are we going to see a repeat, where the German forces are now being replaced by the combined military, economic, industrial and social might of the west?

Everyone has a comment on Uraine war. But real Russian people from within Russia, and not the westernised urban Russians flodding the social media, are missing. Why? I suspect there is a silent revolution going on in Russia, as Putin engages in a long overdue house cleaning. The ordinary Russians, so far silent and non-commital, are going to be coming out of the woodworks. The anti-Putin regime change supporters are alreay looking for an exit strategy out of all layers of the Russian society. Change is coming, not just to the global balance of power, but also to the Russian landscape. This is my personal observation and reasoning, but with supporting views of some unamed Russians.