[janef0421]

I think our analyses of the Russian state are based on such fundamentally different premises that we will never come to any meaningful agreement, and further discussion is pointless.

[mannerheim]

That's a very polite way of saying you don't have a rebuttal to any of these points, I suppose.

[janef0421]

I'm actually saying that I don't think having a debate about the nature of the Russian government on the internet would be a productive use of my time.