We see him in his reactions,
as if unsure why he is in a room...
Він шукає вчорашній день
“He is looking for yesterday,”
stalking the halls of his bunker,
dipping into his cup of memory
a world that never was...
Believing his own lies
his self-deception,
No hope, no future,
only loss for this dictator,
This last tsar of Russia...
He is a specter, a ghost,
from another age, a time ended...
He is a prisoner of his own making
cut off from reality, the truth,
fed lies to assuage his ego
to encourage him onward
because his end will come fastest
if the war were to end
if other voices are allowed
to shatter the deception,
the lies he tells himself
in his hubris, his vanity...
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Edited August 17, 2026
Він шукає вчорашній день – v2
Edited August 15, 2026
Forever yesterday – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/forever-yesterday-v2.html
August 11, 2026
A description of Vladimir Putin after the decision
to remove the Yabloko party from the Russian Duma elections
https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.karamurza.5/posts/pfbid07hBpuNwndr3sSFUEX3YYarQZMqJ6AC6WmPuAAipaLV3qxLDABAUgwci56Rmik8Nbl
by Vladimir Kara-Murza
Edited June 25, 2026
A lost war of aggression – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v4.html
Refuting the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human life is unimportant”
And the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That each human life is important…
And my poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited September 23, 2024
A lost war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
Like a house of cards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/like-house-of-cards-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
The weight of his failure – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-weight-of-his-failure-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Each human life is important
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
September 22, 2024
Human life is all that matters – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-v2.html
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as if unsure why he is in a room...
Він шукає вчорашній день
“He is looking for yesterday,”
stalking the halls of his bunker,
dipping into his cup of memory
a world that never was...
Believing his own lies
his self-deception,
No hope, no future,
only loss for this dictator,
This last tsar of Russia...
from another age, a time ended...
He is a prisoner of his own making
cut off from reality, the truth,
fed lies to assuage his ego
to encourage him onward
because his end will come fastest
if the war were to end
if other voices are allowed
to shatter the deception,
the lies he tells himself
in his hubris, his vanity...
Edited August 17, 2026
Він шукає вчорашній день – v2
Edited August 15, 2026
Forever yesterday – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/forever-yesterday-v2.html
August 11, 2026
A description of Vladimir Putin after the decision
to remove the Yabloko party from the Russian Duma elections
https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.karamurza.5/posts/pfbid07hBpuNwndr3sSFUEX3YYarQZMqJ6AC6WmPuAAipaLV3qxLDABAUgwci56Rmik8Nbl
by Vladimir Kara-Murza
Edited June 25, 2026
A lost war of aggression – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v4.html
Refuting the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human life is unimportant”
And the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That each human life is important…
And my poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited September 23, 2024
A lost war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
Like a house of cards – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/like-house-of-cards-v2.html
Edited September 23, 2024
The weight of his failure – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-weight-of-his-failure-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Each human life is important
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
September 22, 2024
Human life is all that matters – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-v2.html
Poetry Where You Live.
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #Yabloko #elections #Russia #collapse #Putin #freedom #VladimirKaraMurza #lies #propaganda #delusion #yesterday #future
