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Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
I agree with what you have stated. But Id like to add also that the Russian soldier is one tough indivual. He can take abuse from his own country that would have other armies in mutiny. He is capable of enduring hardships, malnutrion, and being used as cannon fodder to defeat the enemy at all costs. Hmm yes and no. No doubt that Russian soldiers are tough, but continuous mistreatment from their officers will reduce their effectiveness in combat. Which leads to higher casualties, which result in bad morale which affects combat performance. Toughness of character is great but it doesn't measure up against being well trained, well equipped and well fed. And dont forget they have a huge population they can use as expendables. They did so in WW2. No they don't. There are less than 150 million Russians and that number is declining hard. Alcoholism and migration to countries that don't suck as much has taken a heavy toll on the Russian population. In terms of amount of soldiers they have left, they can only call on about somewhere between 400-500 thousand troops at best, and a good deal of those will be conscripts. They really can't afford to waste manpower like they did in WW2. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Call me naive but i think that Russia will be part of the EU within 20 years. It will take several decades before Russia do such a thing. Putin will stay in Power Another 5 years. Perhaps even longer:( The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU or EEU) is an economic union of states located primarily in northern Eurasia. A treaty aiming for the establishment of the EEU was signed on 29 May 2014 by the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, and came into force on 1 January 2015. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
Call me naive but i think that Russia will be part of the EU within 20 years. No, it won't. The EU would gain nothing from it and Russia would gain nothing from it. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
You only stated half the story. I hope you can read:) I will PM you so we can speak more about Putin and Russia. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
There isn't much difference between Russian and European people. LOL. The funniest thing I Heard in weeks:):):) |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
There isn't much difference between Russian and European people. Europe is not a country. Russia is a country in Europe. We have a lot of countries in Europe. Almost everyone having different language and Cultures. THERE IS NO HOMOGEN CULTURE IN EUROPE. Russia is both spiritual and poetic. Have you been to Europe? |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Tomorrow begins the celebration in Russia of the anniversary of the annexation of the Crimean peninsula. If President Putin isn't there and basking in the glory in the next few days, something really serious happened, experts say. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Russia is a country in Europe. What nonsens. The Asian part is of course Russia. And they speak several different languages and the Cultures is very different from the the European part. But the main interrest for Putin is Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Look at the map. All Roads Lead to Rome. sorry to Moscow. https://www.google.se/maps/place/Moskva,+Ryssland/@55.1618773,38.8581571,7z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x46b54afc73d4b0c9:0x3d44d6cc5757cf4c |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
I don't know what "playing a blinder" means but I do know a LOT of Russia. Please read my discussions with Igor Kostyaev, Игорь КоÑÑ‚Ñев, from Khazakstan. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76882 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/view_profile.php?userid=7878073 He is a sysadmin from Almaty. https://www.google.se/maps/place/Almaty,+Kazakstan/@50.2801581,60.3730061,5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x38836e7d16c5cbab:0x3d44668fad986d76 |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
There isn't much difference between Russian and European people. Yes and no. There are of course differences, but it would be mistaken to overstate those differences. In the end Europeans and Russians are all human beings. As such we have much more in common than we are different. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Playing a blinder means I see. Scandinavian temper:) The Finns are even more temperamental. And the Russians. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Kremlin SPOX Peskov: Putin will appear before journalists tomorrow in St. Petersburg, refuses to say where he is. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Yes and no. There are of course differences, but it would be mistaken to overstate those differences. In the end Europeans and Russians are all human beings. As such we have much more in common than we are different. Well corruption are certainly different between European countries. Highly corrupt is red. Very clean is yellow. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
It is useful to realise the demarcations. LOL The Baltic states are neighbours to Sweden and are around the Baltic Sea. Hence the name. Scandinavia or the North, as WE call it, comprises SIX countries. Iceland Norway Denmark Sweden Finland Estonia Slovenia, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia are the Balcan states! That's Southern Europe:) Bulgaria is NOT a Balcan state. Turkey. well sort of. Instanbul is in Europe. But most of Turkey is in Asia:):):) |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
The Nordic countries are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It consists of five countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) as well as their autonomous regions (the Ã…land Islands, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland). No:( The North are SIX countries! Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Estonia Look at the flags! http://www.vasaparknj.com/ |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Estonia (Listeni/ɛˈstoÊŠniÉ™/;[10][11] Estonian: Eesti, pronounced [ˈeËsti]), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik, pronounced [ˈeËsti ˈʋɑbÉ‘riËk]), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. No. It's only you who are confusing the Baltic States with the Balkan States. And you are living in Europe:) Baltic region:) Thats the countries around the Baltic Sea Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad Russian exclave, Poland, Germany and Denmark!!!!! You are really to much. The North doesn't care what ignorant people thinks:) We are having a good time instead of posting 34255 silly post to SETI and being all over the Place and rude. But I remember that we sometimes had some good chats:) What happened today? [good mode] Swedish name is Estland and Eesti for "Estonia". The People is called Eesti, hence the name Estland. There are still Swedish ethnics in Estland who speak Swedish. Some left from Dagö in Estland to Ukraina to Gammalsvenskby Swedish dialect: Gammölsvänskbi; literally: "Old Swedish Village"; Ukrainian СтарошведÑьке, Staroshveds'ke; German Alt-Schwedendorf) in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine 100 km from Crimea, which has a Swedish cultural heritage. Video clip from SVT1 when russia invaded Crimea! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVj1GybAClQ They only speak Swedish in the clip:) When the cameraman want to put a mic on Maria Norberg she says. "Do you want me to undress?" :):) She also mentions Stalins Holodomor. Maria's father died in the famine and her sisters as well:(:( During WWII the russians invaded Ukraina and deported the Swedes to Poland for hard Labour in 7 months. 1945 when they came back the village was in ruins. When asked about today "Do you Think that the Russians will come here?" She answers "We don't let them in":) "Here is people from Ukraina" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammalsvenskby I can order a beer in Estonia:) The language is very close to Finnish. My GF knows Finnish and we met some Girls in a rock Concert with the Rolling Stones who told us lot of the Russian people still living there. More than 20% are russians in Estonia [/good mode] |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
The European Union Wants an Army of Its Own https://news.vice.com/article/the-european-union-wants-an-army-of-its-own Not surprisingly, Russian politicians have condemned the idea and call the creation of such a force "provocative," adding that it would "not provide any additional security." To late Putin. EU has already this army. https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.militart.nu%2Flandn-eu-arme-a.php%3Fgclid%3DCNeS2Mmhmb4CFULecgodTQQAiA&edit-text= Brigadier General Helmut Neubauer told Lars Gyllenhaal "I believe strongly in the European army. No Europe without a European army". And this with no doubt that Lars would take that quote and publish it. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Awfully quite on the Eastern Front... Hello! echo, echo echo... |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Estonia (Listeni/ɛˈstoÊŠniÉ™/;[10][11] Estonian: Eesti, pronounced [ˈeËsti]), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariik, pronounced [ˈeËsti ˈʋɑbÉ‘riËk]), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. You didn't notice VASA PARK, Budd Lake New Jersey. http://www.vasaparknj.com/ In both New York and New Jersey and many other places in the US they know the North (Scandinavia) :):) |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winnie:) |
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