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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36639 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
How much longer can Russia's economy last before it starts folding right over? PooTin's pivot to China is Backfiring. Russia's pivot to China has faced multiple setbacks this year as Chinese banks, wary of U.S. sanctions imposed over Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, are rejecting transactions, forcing Moscow to raise fees on yuan (RMB) transfers. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36639 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well I bet that that dents PooTin's ego, again. Satellite Images Reveal Russia's Failed Nuclear Missile Test. Satellite imagery has revealed that a recent Russian test of the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ended in failure, according to open-source intelligence analysts. |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1145 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
Profitable business in Putin's Russia: war monuments. Russia is mass producing new war memorials that glorify death for the motherland wrote: Like the many hundreds of memorials currently erected all over Russia, the new soldier statue in the far northern town of Lovozero embodies aggression and continued war. |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1145 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
Preparations for... for what? Lawmakers greenlight governors’ establishment of regional militias Legislators in Russia’s State Duma have signed a bill that will allow regional leaders to establish armed structures that are to protect against “extraordinary situations.”Russia is a centralized state with a Tsar. All power comes from the Kremlin. There never was a regional military structure or even just a police force without central command authority. These militias should ensure public order in case of... what? Collapsed central authority... a 1991 scenario of rapid disintegration? Or civil war like 1917? Will such militias, controlled by governors, be more powerful than the dozen private military companies (PMC's) controlled by Russia's oligarchs? Interesting... NO... frightening times ahead. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3335 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Cryptocurrency Exchange Network Accused of Helping Russia Hit with Sanctions A network of people and virtual currency exchanges associated with harboring Russian cybercrime were hit with sanctions on Thursday, in a government-wide crackdown on cybercrime that could assist Russia ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36639 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
PooTin to take yet another hit. Blow to Putin's War Machine As Saudi Arabia Ramps Up Oil Production. Saudi Arabia is set to ramp up oil production in a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin's war machine and his invasion of Ukraine. |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 1145 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
PooTin to take yet another hit.A dangerous weapon.... one of the main factors leading to the collapse of the USSR was the low oil price in the late 1980s due to global overproduction: 1980: 2nd oil crisis/Iran revolution: $40 per barrel; then... 1986: ~$10 a barrel. Uhh.... btw. when did the Soviets started to credibly negotiate mutual nuclear disarmament treaties? In 1986/87. One can learn alot from the 1980s. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36639 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Did PooTin blow off again or was there a blockage at the Kremlin that needed clearing? 180-Foot Fountain of Feces Erupts From Sewer in Dramatic Video. A powerful geyser of sewage has reportedly erupted from an underground pipeline in Russia, blasting wastewater and debris more than 180 feet into the air, a video posted to a Russian Telegram channel and shared online shows. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Really?! With that pressure...? Much more likely that is a drinking water main with the water jet pulling in earth/debris to make it look muddy... Wastewater/sewerage is not normally pumped to anything like that sort of pressure... Still, makes for some good gutter press sensationalism... Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30988 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Gazprom said in a statement that the incident happened due to a routine "air fumigation" clean-out procedure. Sounds like a gas pipeline popped while they had if full of some kind of cleaning solution. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36639 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I hope that PooTin holds his breath while waiting for that. Russia fines Google 20 decillion dollars. Russia has ordered Google to cough up money than exists in the entire world in response to the internet giant blocking Russian YouTube channels.There's a fool born every minute. |
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