Whether you view Russia’s decision a year ago to intervene in Ukraine as correct from an anti-imperialist perspective depends on which metric you’re using in your strategic calculus. When one is only looking at the events from inside the imperialist benefactor countries, and the eastern European countries where Nazi nostalgia has created support for Ukrainian fascism, Operation Z’s impacts appear to be overall positive for the forces of reaction. When you look at the wider context, and account for the events from the wider globe, it’s obvious that Z’s impacts have been overall positive for the revolutionary forces. And that Z therefore is historically progressive in character.
I am an Indian commie and I don’t see this war as a black and white motif. Yeah I can feel it has an anti imperialist effect on global South and tremendously on Russia itself but I fear Russian people after Putin’s era can be bent towards a horrendous fascist direction which I definitely don’t want to see it. Peeking into Russian own media, I can see it they are trying to build a multipolar world which I absolutely support , more voices from Cuba, Iran, Venezuela and Africa, Latam should be heard but nevertheless Donbass should be freed from the Nazi grasp and people of the Eastern Ukraine should be allowed to live with Russia. Now if Russia wins the war and America loses, oh boy the right wing fascists will unleash the door to hell on EU and US. Truth to be told, commies in Europe and US are non existent and those who do are still onto Russophobia and Sinophobia like KKE and others. Right wingers will eventually win the crisis. Now from this the path is unknown for Europe and the world.
I think the mood in Russia is very anti-fascist right now since they are literally fighting Nazis again. Anti-fascist and anti-imperialist groups like the communists have gained more traction and popularity as a result. The only way that Russia makes a turn toward fascism is if they lose the conflict with NATO in Ukraine which would create a lot of instability and revanchism in Russia. But right now Russia is winning.
Europe on the other hand has chosen to side with Nazis and is itself turning more and more fascist in both its rhetoric and its actions. And it will get worse because conditions in Europe will only continue to decline as the US siphons off Europe’s prosperity to keep its own from sliding. There will also be huge resentment about losing their proxy war with Russia.
The bright side of all this is that even as Europe devolves into barbarism their power globally will be crippled and they will no longer have the ability to harm and keep down the global south. And even the US which will only survive due to cannibalizing Europe will be greatly diminished in its reach. The rest of the world will move on, they will build development and prosperity and will rise alongside China.
Oh no, fascism in Europe and in US will have a tremendous effect on the rest of the world. I don’t think Russia will turn towards left anytime soon. Its commie party KPRF acts no less than a right wing nutter in very much every aspect of modern issue. Oh yes, they think Trump, Erdogan and other fascists are not “globalists” And they should be considered as friends of Russia. They are just one step before putting Tsar’s power in the Kremlin.
I don’t know where you’ve been getting your information about the KPRF from but it’s not accurate.
from KPRF’s website , search for their articles on 'globalism"
I was curious, but didn’t find a lot. Did you have a specific page in mind?
I only found this paragraph where they are talking about their willingness to ally with “anti-globalists”
https://cprf.ru/party-program/
I have had a similar sense about the KPRF, without allowing myself judgement as I don’t know a lot.
I just want add that no side in this conflict fights against the oppression of the working class.
The future for working class parties/movements in Ukraine looks grim too with leftist parties banned and US capital picking up the reins