They are, like the Ukrainian forces, like Zelensky, motivated by nationalism.
It's why they have really stepped up to the plate on this.
You refer to nationalism as if it was a bad thing. It certainly is a bad thing for imperialism and it is Ukraine's only hope.
The regime going rogue on the economic front. But this will surely just hasten a sovereign default :
Kharkiv being shelled as civilians evacuate
Another major general bites the dust:
This.Is.Not.Sustainable
You mistaken nationalism for patriotism...
I guess we now know why Abramovic was in Israel for about 5mins then straight to Istanbul, then from there to Russia. These "close ties" to Putin are bullshit by the way.
He has unimaginable riches… loosing a few jets/yachts won’t affect him
MM holding an "urgent video conference"
Discussing accepting up to 500 people.
Nearly as bad as BJ , they're on the periphery of aid but want to be seen to be acting
No. Nationalism is the parent of patriotism, the parent of solidarity and the anvil Which imperialism has always been broken, whether that be British, French, Ottoman, German Reich or Communist Russia.
He's one of putins gangsters , hopefully they take off him
He's lost about £1.2b just on Chelsea. That would hurt any rich guy. Remember these guys don't actually have multi billions in cash in the banks. Much of it is tied in assets and shares. Elon Musk is worth a fortune, only if he sells his shares. He's still worth a lot now, but his actual wealth is tied into his companies.
No countries will ever lease them planes again, and they will have difficulty maintaining the leased planes they are about to acquire steal. They are doing so much self-inflicted permanent damage it's incredible.
Doesn’t Abramovich receive hundreds of millions a year in dividends from their stakes in the Russian oil/gas companies ?
One thing I've noticed a lot about some of the Russian 'generals' and other high ranking members as well as those pilots that were shot down, is they seem to be very out of shape. This general seems a bit of a fatty. Obviously he's going to start losing weight now, but it's a bit late.
I also wouldn't be quick to dismiss the prospect that Putin knows full well the narrative benefits involved in pulling this stunt while Biden is in office rather than Trump. The right wing conservative types will yammer on endlessly how Putin would never have dared attack Ukraine while a hard, tough, no-nonsense "conservative" Republican was in power -- but he did so gleefully when the soft, unisex toilet, gender pronoun liberals were ruling the roost. That's a narrative that suits the Kremlin, who would love to see Western liberalism destabilised and discredited.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that Vladimir Putin saw Donald Trump as anything less than a complete buffoon on international relations even if Donald Trump felt there was a kind of 'big guys doing big guy things talking about bug guy stuff' mutual admiration between them.
But still, the American right and others of similar persuasion will content themselves with the idea that Putin is somehow less intimidated by Biden than Trump.
David McWilliams had a good article about him in the Irish Times on Saturday. Says he basically swindled his way into acquiring wealth in the 1990s along with the other oligarchs.
Has to be said, excellent job by the mods on keeping this thread clean
On the refugees, really the best solution is somewhere between the Brits and the "have at it" position. Leave most of the money etc. flowing to Poland to do the front line work. Start off with family unification, then start expanding. It's in the best interests of the people fleeing as well, it's better to let them go where they have at least some kind of support locally than end up with 100s of thousands across Europe all with no support when it wasn't necessary.
That might dry up if Russia's Oil & Gas is sanctioned fully.
Years of stealing equipment, selling it, cooking the books, living like a lord.
It shows on the jowl and it's a lot of the reason their forces are taking the losses they are.
Hopefully
Yes, it's crazy stuff. Going down the 'rogue economic state' route is a one way route to hell. They will quickly go bankrupt and even the IMF won't bail them out in that instance.
At the risk of getting jumped on for saying it, Trump was enough of a wildcard that it kept Putin more conservative. He was an idiot with no morals or principles and that's a dangerous thing.
Think @JoChervil s point was relevant (if irc that is distinction Orwell tried to make).
Suppose it depends how you define "nationalism" exactly (if you are calling it the "parent of patriotism"?), and how you identify the excesses of it or the misuse of national feeling which has obvious harmful effects and is a bad thing and can itself lead to "imperialsm". It is a powerful force and very tempting for right wing politicians like those in power in Poland to misuse.
Comparing and contrasting Ukraine and Poland...Ukraine is really under attack from Russia and fighting for survival as a nation.
Poland is not really under attack from the EU (or more liberal member states in the EU) and it never has been, but you'd think so listening to Polish govt. down the years and it suits them to do that mythmaking and get the "nationalist" dander up to win votes.
Unfortunately, it might actually be.
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