Uzongenela elinye ihlandla uPutin
Kuzingqapheli zamazwe nabahlaziyi bezepolitiki akubanga yinto ebingalindelekile ukuthi uMengameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin amemezele ukuthi uzolungenela ukhetho lukamengameli ngoNdasa ngonyaka ozayo. Uma ephumelela uzophatha kuze kube unyaka wezi-2030.
Kuvela ukuthi unomuzwa wokuthi kusamele aqondise iRussia esikhathini esiyingozi kakhulu kuleminyaka ezayo. Wanikezwa isikhundla sokuhola leli lizwe nguBoris Yeltsin ngosuku lokugcina lowe-1999, usebe ngumengameli isikhathi eside kunanoma yimuphi omunye umbusi waseRussia kusukela kuJosef Stalin, ehlula ngisho neminyaka eli-18 yokuphatha kukaLeonid Brezhnev. Ubehlanganisa iminyaka engama-71 ziyisi-7 kuMfumfu kulonyaka. Imithombo, ekhulume nabeReuters ngombandela wokugodlwa igama ngenxa yokuzwela kwepolitiki yaseKremlin, ithe izindaba zesinqumo sikaPutin sezifikile kwabathize kanti nabeluleki sebelungiselela umkhankaso kanye nokhetho lukaPutin.
Umphumela wakamuva wabaqagulayo ukhombisa ukuthiuthola ukusekwa ngama-80% abantu ngaphakathi eRussia, ukhetho luyinto-nje ekufanele adlule kuyo: ngokusekelwa umbuso, abezindaba zombuso futhi cishe akukho ukuphikisa okujwayelekile komphakathi, nakanjani uzonqoba. “Isinqumo sesithathiwe – uzolungenela ukhetho,” kusho omunye wemithombo onolwazi lokuhlela. Iseluleko esihleliwe sizofika emasontweni ambalwa, kusho omunye umthombo, eqinisekisa umbiko wephephandaba i-Kommersant ngenyanga edlule.
Omunye umthombo, owazi nokucabanga kwe-Kremlin, ukuqinisekisile ukuthi isinqumo senziwe nokuthi abeluleki bakaPutin babelungiselela ukubamba iqhaza kukaPutin. Eminye imithombo emithathu ithe isinqumo senziwe: UPutin uzolingenela ukhetho nakanjani.
“Izwe esilibhekile liyingozi kakhulu,” kusho omunye wemithombo. Umthombo wangaphandle, ocele ukungadalulwa, uthe uPutin wenze lesi sinqumo muva nje futhi isimemezelo sizofika maduze.
Yize osopolitiki abaningi bakwamanye amazwe, izinhloli nezikhulu bethi balindele ukuthi uPutin aqhubeke nokubusa impilo yakhe yonke, kuze kube manje akukaze kube nokuqinisekiswa okuqondile kwezinhlelo zakhe zokungenela ukhetho lukamongameli lwangonyaka ozayo.
Okhulumela iKremlin uDmitry Peskov wenqabile ukuphawula. UPeskov uthe ngoMandulo uma uPutin enquma ukungenela ukhetho, akekho ozokwazi ukuncintisana naye. I-Kremlin iyichithile imibiko yokuthi uPutin akaphilile kahle nethe amanga afafazwa ngabaseNtshonalanga.
I-Russia isempini Nakuba uPutin engase angabhekane nomncintiswano wangempela okhethweni, lomholi owayeyinhloli yangaphambili ye-KGB ubhekene nezinselelo ezinzima kunazo zonke isikhulu sase-Kremlin esake sabhekana nazo kusukela uMikhail Gorbachev abambana neSoviet Union ebhidlika eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu edlule.
Impi ese-Ukraine idale ukungqubuzana okukhulu namazwe aseNtshonalanga kusukela nge-Cuban Missile Crisis yango-1962; Izijeziso zaseNtshonalanga zilethe ukushaqeka okukhulu kwangaphandle emnothweni waseRussia emashumini eminyaka; futhi u-Putin wabhekana nokuvukelwa okuhlulekile kwesikhulu saseRussia esinamandla kakhulu, u-Yevgeny Prigozhin, ngoNhlangulana. UPrigozhin wabulawa engozini yendiza ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbili ukuvukela kwakhe umbuso kwehluleka.
Amazwe aseNtshonalanga abeka uPutin njengesigebengu sempi kanye nomashiqela ohole iRussia ekuthathweni komhlaba ngendlela yempi okwenza buthaka iRussia futhi yakha umbuso wase-Ukraine ngenkathi ihlanganisa iNtshonalanga futhi inika i-NATO umsebenzi. UPutin, nokho, wethula impi njengengxenye yomzabalazo obanzi kakhulu oqondiswe kwi-United States izikhulu kuhulumeni kaPutin ezithi ihlose ukuhlukanisa iRussia, ibambe imithombo yayo yemvelo enkulu bese iphendukela ekubhekaneni neChina.
“Izwe laseRussia libhekene namazwe ahlangene aseNtshonalanga ngakho uguquko olukhulu ngeke lube lusizo,” kusho omunye wemithombo. Ukukhiqizwa kwezikhali zaseRussia kuyakhula. I-Russia ibikezela ukuthi umnotho wayo we- $ 2.1 trillion uzokhula ngokushesha kulo nyaka kune-European Union. Intengo kawoyela ongahluziwe wase-Urals, isisekelo somnotho waseRussia, yafinyelela ku-$81.52 emgqonyeni ngamunye ngoMfumfu.
Kuqiniswa amabhawodi Nokho, kwamanye amaRashiya, impi ibonise amaphutha eRussia yangemva kweSoviet. Oboshiwe usopolitiki ophikisayo waseRussia u-Alexei Navalny uthe uPutin uholele iRussia esiphethweni esibheke incithakalo, wakha uhlelo oluqinile lwabantu abakhohlakele oluzogcina ludale isiphithiphithi esikhundleni sokuzinza.
“IRussia ibuyela emuva,” u-Oleg Orlov, omunye wabakhankasi bamalungelo abantu abahlonishwa kakhulu eRussia, etshela abeReuters ngoNtulikazi. “Sishiye ubushiqela bobuKhomanisi kodwa manje sesibuyele ohlotsheni oluhlukile lobushiqela.” Amakhulu amaningana ayizinkulungwane zamasosha aseRussia nawase-Ukraine alinganiselwa ukuthi abulawa noma alimala esikhathini esingaphezudlwana nje konyaka nengxenye yempi, okungaphezulu kakhulu kwabalimala abasemthethweni baseSoviet kuyo yonke impi ka-1979-1989 e-Afghanistan.
Ngaphambi kokuvukela umbuso, u-Prigozhin wagxeka ojenene bakaPutin ngempi nalokho akusho njengokungaphumeleli kokubulawa kwayo futhi waxwayisa ngokuthi iRussia ingase ibhekane nenguquko ngaphandle uma abaphezulu beba bucayi. “Lokhu kuhlukana kungaphela ngo-1917 ngenguquko,” kusho uPrigozhin inyanga eyodwa ngaphambi kokuvukela kwakhe.