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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
It seems that PooTin is taking a page out of the mighty white MAGA RINO book. PooTin Orders Textbooks Be Rewritten To Brainwash Kids Into Worshiping Invaders. While his lying mouthpiece, sleazy Sergei, denounces Georgia protests as coup attempt. As Anti-Russia guerrillas in Belarus take on 'two-headed enemy' and the US says intelligence shows Russia stirring unrest in Moldova. And it seems to be a sign of the times in Russia. Russian Cargo Plane Explodes During Pressure Test, Killing One. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
No one is safe from PooTin's mongrel dogs, not even a kid. :-( A schoolgirl has been forced into an orphanage after authorities discovered a picture she had drawn about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21219 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
When PooTin's corrupt regime collapses, it will be sudden and swift. All just a question of how soon? Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22530 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
...and how many ordinary Russian & world citizens will be collateral damage? Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1188 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
I don't think world citizens have to fear WW III. But Russians must fear the violence Putin's troops are perpetrating in Ukraine. The surviving soldiers and mercenaries will return to Russia. Many of them will be experienced soldiers then, blunted by war atrocities, mentally stressed, in need for money, betrayed by their government. They'll return into a shrinking economy where jobs for soldiers, especially war invalids will be scarce. Thousands of illegal assault rifles, hand grenades, explosives will stream back to Russia too. Still to this day weapons from the Balkan wars in the 1990ies circulate on Europe's black markets. That will create a multitude of social problems for Russia but also a challenge for the rest of Europe. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991 the West tried to stabilize the country with billions of dollars, payed to remove wrecks of nuclear submarines polluting the environment... The fast disintegration of the empire couldn't be stopped. After the inevitable next collapse: whats the policy this time? Trying to stabilize a Russia that has been shaped by Putin's aggressive propaganda for 20 years? What are the chances of success? How to support the buildup of a democratic, peaceful Russia which no longer represents a threat to its neighbours? There's no democratic tradition in Russia (except from 1991 - 1994...9) when Oligarchs and Mafia seized power and ordinary people learned that democracy and freedom results in empty shops, a collapsing economy and poverty. It was the new Czar Putin who solved the people's problems. That's the Russian tragedy. I think for us the main problem will result from a potential collapse of central power. Regional authorities (or Oligarchs or the Mafia) may replace Moscow's rule. Maybe for some chaotic months or for a long time. Who knows? Nuclear weapons are stationed far away from Moscow, smaller ones surely at different places (navy or airforce bases). Who will physically control these places? That's frightening. Then there's the large nuclear industry with stockpiles of all kind of radioactive materials and even larger remains of abandoned soviet nuclear research & industry. Russians aren't known for cleaning up abandoned military or industrial installations from hazardous materials. Who will control those places? Maybe nobody if people have to deal with their basic needs food, goods, money. People may start to make money with nuclear stuff, know-how, materials. And Putin's aggression gives any reasons to foreign countries to spend all their money to acquire own nuclear weapons. That's what frightens me most... the long time consequences of Putin's idiotic war. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
KGB Spy Close To Vladimir Putin Claims Russian Tyrant Is Using Body Doubles — And He Has Proof. And this won't make the short dictator happy. Entire Russian spy network dismantled in Poland. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31008 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
You have see this everywhere else, now a pilot's perspective. Very bad. No training. Not current. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVzLV-R_-kk |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31008 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21219 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Don't bother with the silly click-bait... From just one of the comments: Omg… you are so wrong… the soviets do not fly the F-15. Those are clear MiG-28s, which are based on the F-5... The real truth is out there... ;-) Keep searchin! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
While there maybe an arrest warrant out for him PooTin tours occupied Ukraine. 'Visibly Limping' PooTin Visits Crimea Amid ICC Warrant. PooTin drives around Mariupol in shock Ukraine visit. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31008 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Don't bother with the silly click-bait... Are you incapable of laughter? Did you miss the channel name? |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21219 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Don't bother with the silly click-bait... Obviously I did miss the channel name... A higher level of giggles needed there!... (I'll keep to the occasional fun quips from Stephen Colbert...) Keep searchin'! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Is PooTin pulling a Winnie? Russia boosts defences near Japan amid US row over Asia Pacific. Was it just a sign of the poor manufacturing going on in Russia these days, or was it just more sabotage? Russian Cargo Plane Explodes During Pressure Test, Killing One. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Just more proof that Lukashenko is nothing but a PooTin puppet and Belarus already belongs to Russia. Belarus State TV Declares 'Nuclear State,' Threatens Two NATO Countries. 'Powerless' Lukashenko Can't Stop Kremlin Amid Nuclear Concerns. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
It was overthrown when PooTin kept Lukashenko in power. Russian Official Warns of Plot to Overthrow Belarusian Government. A high-ranking Russian official is warning that Belarusians who are fighting on Ukraine's side against Russia might attempt to overthrow their own government.And this won't make the little despot any happier. Russian State Media Attacks PooTin's War for First Time. ...Putin, a week into the war, pledged that injured men could claim compensation of three million rubles ($50,000), saying in March 2022 that it's "our duty to support the families of our fallen and injured war comrades."Fancy ripping his cannon fodder off. |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1188 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
Just more proof that Lukashenko is nothing but a PooTin puppet and Belarus already belongs to Russia.Yes, he is a puppet but Belarus still doesn't "belong" to Russia. So far, Lukashenka resisted massive Russian pressure to lead his army into the war (western diplomacy will also have clearly explained the consequences to him). He performs aggressive maneuvers, threatens, rattles his sabers. But ultimately, he's not sure what would happen if he ordered his military leadership to intervene in Ukraine. He doesn't know if this would trigger a military coup that would sweep him away. And Putin will know that as well. In Putin's notebook it is now written: "Reform and integrate the Belarusian army into a new Great Russian Imperial Army". Putin failed to prepare this in time, as he was sure the Russian army would be enough to annex Ukraine. Bad luck. :-) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21219 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Way to go... Cisco Systems Pulls Out of Russia, Destroys Millions of Dollars Worth of Equipment wrote: Cisco Systems has left the Russian market, destroying tens of millions of dollars worth of equipment and components in the process. This is due to the fact that the developer of network equipment has no plans to resume operations in the country... Russia simply cannot survive... Another Revolution?... How soon? Stay safe folks... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36791 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Is it a sign that PooTin is losing his grip? PooTin Mocked After Speech Met With Awkward Silence. He was certainly blushing at the silence. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21219 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Ouch. Quite rightly no applause there. Similarly so at the same foreign ambassadors' ceremony previously after Putin invaded Ukraine. That is quite a snub from the expected protocol. Personal aside: I really do simply automatically feel, and have a look of disgust, upon the sight of either Putin or Trump. So just as well that I'm not an ambassador!!... Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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