Gatling: "There is no freedom of press in Russia" Do you believe there is freedom of the press in the west? The endless stock clips of Russian tanks on Sky News is comical. Cherry picking facts to prop up an agenda is not truth.
The british journalist decided to use an english language idiom to describe the situation in Ukraine. This is a poor decision if accurate translation is important. In this case, his english was translated into Russian, and then for the sake of his little whingey video you've linked, the Russian broadcast was translated into English. Two layers of translation creating opportunities to misconstrue. Little else of any substance here i'm afraid.
During a visit to kiev Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan signed an agreement for ukraine to produce Turkish military drones in Ukraine ,the same drones were a force multipler during the recent short lived conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan,
Erdogan also offered to meditate between Ukraine and Russia and Also to reaffirm unconditional support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine within its internationally recognized Borders
Ah, so if you translate from English to Russian and back, it's never the same, got it....
You seem to think it was focused on a literal translation on one word that is the issue, the whole Russian version is inaccurate, as in no correlation to the English version, so your idiom explanation is just blatantly false...
Very few independent outlets left, it's similar to the old Soviet days.
I don't think there's any at all(open to correction) ,there was definitely a crack down Post ukraine invasion 8 years ago several of independent medias who questioned why was Ukraine invaded and annexed were shut down
US warning that Russia may try a "false flag" attack, and has given some specifics.
It's a simple but smart move by the US. Of course I have my doubts about this "intel", but regardless, there's no way for Moscow to prove it isn't true, which puts them on the back foot, also it makes it look like the US has the inside line on them, and finally if the Kremlin were to actually stage an attack, the world would be a hell of a lot more skeptical having been pre-warned about it.
Moscow has been very adept with the information war, especially in the last few years, but it looks like NATO, etc have learnt some lessons and are applying them.
Facts speak volumes.
There is NO press freedom in Russia.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russia-closes-deutsche-welle-broadcasters-moscow-arm-retaliatory-move-against-2022-02-03/
There is no freedom of the press anywhere. The press is there to further the agenda not to tell truth.
Lol.
You've said that a few times on here. It still doesn't make it any truer.
And you can't differentiate between a continuum of freedom Vs a fixed position?
Lord, save us from binary minds. Amen
I have no idea what you are trying to say.
The reason using idioms is best avoided is because they generally do not translate across languages.
But it's a moot point, the british journalist has created both the initial story in Ukraine, and his subsequent propaganda little whine, for a british audience.
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That computes.
Had a feeling you would slip the facts, and dodge the main point, ah well, another one to add to the garbage list.
More bluster...no evidence, try again.
I don't need to try...you're doing all the work
Its there for everyone to go back and see, as i said in previous predictions you d attempt to move the goal posts and here we are! Smoke and Mirror tactics yet again.
Well, the New York Times have announced that Russia have withdrawn their diplomats from Kiev.
Russia have stated that they're all doing their usual **** in Kiev (and scratching their heads as this report)
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also came out and corroborated what Russia has said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/17/us/politics/russia-ukraine-kyiv-embassy.html [behind a paywall]
Russia have demanded a security guarantee that Ukraine will not be brought into the NATO pact. The Americans have stated that they need to consult their allies. Why the need for the time to consult anyone?
Why do Russia get to dictate what Ukraine do.
Short answer. They don't.
Surely that's not hard to figure out? Because USA is 3 letters and NATO is 4 and Europe is 6.
So, despite Britain and Turkey having strong views on Ukrainian sovereignty, USA should just hop to the one trick pony economy?
The Answer was no, Russia doesn't dictate anything .
Hardly breaking news ,
Curiously, ones to watch for NATO membership in the medium term are currently neutral Finland and Sweden.
In Finland especially, the conversation is now underway about the future of their security arrangements. Both the PM and President of Finland made statements they can join the alliance without consultation with Russia, and that's their right as a sovereign nation. Their purchase of the f35 platform was a deliberate interoperability move giving them treaty options for the future.
Similarly, NATO membership would have been politically taboo in Sweden a couple of decades ago. Not so any more with Russia's posture.
These are mature, respected, thoughtful international actors that have been doing the calculous on their security needs when they look east.
I said it before in this thread, Putin is a walking, talking, breathing advertisement for NATO. If it didn't exist you'd have to invent something comparable with current Russian intransigence against international norms.
So still nothing to show once more, how many posts is this now that you've refused to post one piece of evidence?
So another day passes, we're at the end of another week and still no invasion!
And again nothing to show...
The Kremlin are not going to stage any attack nor has there been any intention to do so. Ukraine is a useful pawn in a game of inter-imperial rivalry between Biden and Putin.
However are the US really 'new' to this tactic, have they not used this tactic themselves..no one more adept at the info wars than the US..
Do I need to pack a lunchbox yet @Gatling?
It's amazing, the Russians have surrounded Ukraine for an 'imminent' invasion but it'll be a false flag that'll start the war.
Talk about covering all bases.
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