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A very good breakdown of Turkey and their role. I personally think they are playing both sides so that they come out smelling like roses no matter what the outcome.
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If there was any scrap of doubt about the Russian soldier mentality, this video clears it up....
You have to watch til the end...EPIC!
This is something which is more fun if one is aware that in Russian or Ukranian that the word 'blyat' has the same meaning that 'fork' does here at Saints Report.
In Cyrillic script 'blyat' in either Ukrainian or Russian is spelled as 'блять'. So 'блять' is what 'fork' looks like when one is there.
Excellent piece:
World War II Is All That Putin Has Left
The regime offers Russians little more than selective memories of Soviet-era military triumph.www.theatlantic.com
Belarus is gonna be in a world of hurt if they get involved. They have a lot of opposition in their own country. They will not like being drawn into the conflict by Russia.Belarus is stationing more and more troops on UKR border including special forces. They and Russia claim that Poland is going to attack them. Sound familiar?
I know they don’t want to initiate anything because they would get it handed to them. But, they are staging for something.
My guess is that Lukashenko desperately does not want to get dragged into this, but he's got to do things for show to make Putin happy.Belarus is stationing more and more troops on UKR border including special forces. They and Russia claim that Poland is going to attack them. Sound familiar?
I know they don’t want to initiate anything because they would get it handed to them. But, they are staging for something.
Michael Weiss is a reliable and well-published free-lance journalist covering international affairs and wars. He has been reporting on Ukraine since the 2014 Russian invasion.
Is Putin Sick – Or Are We Meant to Think He Is?
An oligarch close to the Kremlin was recorded on a tape saying the president is ‘very ill with blood cancer.’ Is this true, idle speculation or disinformation designed to make an erratic and paranoid dictator vulnerable?newlinesmag.com
I just hope his illness is not an excuse to keep the entire apparatus in place. I'd rather Putin and his cronies be completely overthrown than keep their deeply flawed system in place.
Michael Weiss is a reliable and well-published free-lance journalist covering international affairs and wars. He has been reporting on Ukraine since the 2014 Russian invasion.
Is Putin Sick – Or Are We Meant to Think He Is?
An oligarch close to the Kremlin was recorded on a tape saying the president is ‘very ill with blood cancer.’ Is this true, idle speculation or disinformation designed to make an erratic and paranoid dictator vulnerable?newlinesmag.com
I agree, but at this point it’s hard to imagine Russia remaining democratic in its current physical make-up. Maybe, someday, if the Asian parts separate into their own countries leaving a “European” Russia that can once and for all look west and dispense with grandiose notions of an empire.I don't think there's any disagreement there. Russia deserves so much better - Russia has produced and continues to produce culture, scientists, athletes, etc. Russians deserve democracy. But they have never had it, going from Tsar to the Party, then to a transition to crony kleptocracy morphing into authoritarianism. If Putin is to end soon, will Putinism go with it? What will follow?