Excerpt from a letter from I. Strelkov to Peter from St. Petersburg with a commentary on the criteria for choosing allies Regarding the "criteria for choosing allies" you formulated, I must note that they are both logical (even, I would say, impeccably logical!) and accurate to the end. However, there is an objective problem: with such potential allies (meeting all the criteria) in our country, to put it mildly, there are "not many". - I'm not even sure they ("one size fits all") exist at all. especially in relation to Paragraph 1. - About "not being under the control of someone else inside or outside of Russia". This criterion, perhaps, does not match (from the word "in no way") even our current "verticals of power", "torn" due to dependence on a variety of forces ("outside and inside"), sometimes diametrically opposed in their ambitions and intentions. and... "Who" should they be talking to right now? What are we so far, in terms of potential and opportunities? (There is an opinion that "so far only a little more than nothing"). Hence my answer to your "criteria" (and I am not opposed to publication). - We need to talk to everyone who is willing to talk to us at all, even if their "criteria" are "not very good". Except, of course, complete provocateurs, "clowns"/crooks and enemies. Although even with some enemies it makes sense to talk (without, of course, thinking about alliances with them) - at least to understand the degree of their hostility and how far they are willing to go in it, what to sacrifice in order to defeat us. In many ways, you will have to act intuitively (that is, hoping for God's help, which is, in general, what "intuition" is). In addition, in a public discussion with "dogmatists" it is also possible to achieve a lot, at least from the point of view of clarifying positions and bringing them to the attention of the population. In general, you probably shouldn't "outright reject" anyone at all (although, if it comes to that, a lot of people will have to be "cut off").