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Putin's Russia has not only occupied an independent country, it has also occupied (and made infamous) a letter. The frenzy surrounding the Latin grapheme "Z" is extremely irritating.

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Photo: Reuters
Photo: Reuters
Disclaimer: The translations are mostly done through AI translator and might not be 100% accurate.

Why are there no Montenegrin sanctions for Russia? Will there even be any? I don't believe there are any technical, administrative problems on Wednesday. This rumination is more complicated, like most of our ruminations. Who is trying so selfishly to present Montenegro as a frivolous country where tribal chiefs cannot agree on anything. Is it all professorial matchmaking, or something else? "Russia now, and Europe - (a little) tomorrow."

I heard a story, probably from my grandmother, such were her stories, how, in the semi-mythical Forty-Eighth, at the time of the declaration of membership regarding Resolution IB, a Communist from Piper went to a party meeting by stuffing half an apple into her mouth, then explaining with facial expressions and waving to the important comrades from one of the committees that her tooth was swollen and she could not speak. She believed that her mumbling could not be "misconstrued".

Maybe this reason is only funny in the case of the then young Piperka (I forgot if the "disguise" helped her avoid the "mistake"), but when you recognize such a reason in the actions of a government, it is anything but funny.

In the case of the Government, the "mumbling" in question refers to much more dangerous things than a ("peasant") hiding. And, unlike the story from 1948, this mumbling is easy to interpret. After all, mumbling as a political program or attitude is not a benign thing like a village skit. This phenomenon gives a clear picture of a political elite and its model of action.

We resented the past ones for the fact that their Europeanness was fake and feigned, and then you see that it is the same with the "new ones". Acting seems to be a constant in Montenegrin politics. From amateur declamation to provincial impersonation. That is why the state looks to us like the result of an unnatural fornication between the theater and the circus. And in fact - naked and primitive deception of European partners.

With such politicians, Montenegro will never "cross the threshold of hope". Politicians who aspire to a "new way" must not make mistakes. Not a shadow of the old, if you want things to move. Excessive slowness can also mean - not finding your way around.

Otherwise, it will be that our problem is not this or that gang, but a broken society. That healing is the only way for Montenegro to truly be "eternal", at least in the way that eternity belongs to societies and states and, in general, to human creations.

Putin's Russia has not only occupied an independent country, it has also occupied (and made infamous) a letter. The frenzy surrounding the Latin grapheme "Z" is extremely irritating.

The way the Russian army uses it also annoys me, and even more so the need of people to mystify, give their own meanings, believe in some higher meaning of a single character. And all thanks to one inhuman war. The (in)human need to justify every evil that is done - if only out of the inertia of dubious historical love - is confusing. And evil is evil, even if you write it with just the initial letter.

The "Z" of my childhood was related to Zoro, the irresistible Californian separatist. Nevertheless, a story was heard then, here and there, which is more correlated with today's "popularity" of this letter - about "Z" from the former Chetnik slaughter lists.

I came across a funny-sad photo the other day: football legend from the seventies, Dule Savić, Zvezda's squeaky bomber, took a picture with the letter "Z" across his chest. He hasn't been a goal scorer for a long time, and he still knows how to miss.

By the way, it seems that Mr. Strahinja Bulajić, the temporary speaker of the parliament, put a "Z" on the Assembly as well.

Closed.

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