{"id":27614,"date":"2025-02-27T17:50:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/?p=27614"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:50:43","slug":"champagne-shortage-at-the-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/putin\/champagne-shortage-at-the-kremlin","title":{"rendered":"Champagne Shortage at the Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/putin\/champagne-shortage-at-the-kremlin\/attachment\/usa\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USA.png?fit=592%2C649&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"592,649\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USA.png?fit=274%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USA.png?fit=592%2C649&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27616\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USA.png?resize=592%2C649&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USA.png?w=592&amp;ssl=1 592w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/USA.png?resize=274%2C300&amp;ssl=1 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As far as I know,<\/p>\n<p>I am not aware of any historical precedent, across the millennia of human adventure,<\/p>\n<p>where a hegemonic power has so joyfully and swiftly sabotaged itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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