Hard to look at that, and not feel somewhat of a dick moaning about the price of diesel and the next Esb bill.
I'll pay more just to tell Russia they can FUÇK OFF
Not to get too philosophical, but we often don't realise how fortunate we are.
"Ah we live in a third world bananna Republic"
Those pricks can **** off too
Jesus Christ, thats a hard watch
Yup looks like they are sourcing them from e.g. Bulgaria, Czech republic, any "partner" countries who bought them
Is there something inherent in Russian culture that makes them predisposed towards corruption?
I don't think he was ever serious about that, it's a great way to enrage Putin, but they definitely do want in on the EU. 2030 at the earliest on that front I reckon. I don't share your view that Putin will continue to be the power. No idea what timescale might be involved there but I wouldn't be surprised to see him gone even as early as next year.
Every day the Kremlin scrapes to a new low:
A Ukrainian TV channel says it was hacked after a fake statement from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asking the people of Ukraine to surrender to Russia was broadcast on the channel.
Ukraine 24, a 24-hour news channel, said it was the victim of a hack after an alleged statement from Zelenskiy was shown in a live TV broadcast.
In the written statement that was broadcast, Zelenskiy allegedly said he was “capitulating” and would surrender and “give up arms”.
Zelenskiy responded with a video address from Kyiv, calling the provocation “childish”. He said he never made any such statement and promised that “the only ones who should give up arms are Russian soldiers”.
The prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, one of Russia’s biggest dance stars, has quit the Bolshoi Ballet company in Moscow after denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"I never thought I would be ashamed of Russia, I have always been proud of talented Russian people, of our cultural and athletic achievements. But now I feel that a line has been drawn that separates the before and the after."
Russians finding their own way to protest.
I have no idea, but once the weed takes hold it is very hard to remove it. Especially given the level of corruption and the mafia like behavior of the state officials in Russia. By never move towards a democratic system I mean not in my life time.
The thing is, would you blame the Ukrainians for not trusting Russia in any scenario?
I mean they can say to the Ukrainians to give up their army but there is a high proportion of Ukrainian men who are now very familiar with various weapons and have access to those weapons. Are they thinking they will be able to take the weapons off those people?
It was necessary though. You couldn't even call the video 'emotive', just a chronicle of the horrible atrocities the Putin regime has been carrying out. Congress (and the rest of us) needed to see it.
The world seems to be finally waking up to how rotten to the core modern Russia really is. The judiciary, the entire Duma (parliament), the heads of industry, the vast majority of Russian media, the police
Now there's a surprise.......................... said no-one ever
Yes and offcourse Ukraine,that was the first thing they did,remove all state sponsored russian media
Many other neigbours as well,baltic states etc have also banned it
Yeah, they were hiding in plain sight all along. Everyone knew they were seriously 'dodgy', but the invasion has shown they are sinister and dangerous.
The republic of Iceland?
Mityaev is the 4th Russian general to die, of around 20 thought to be leading the invasion, meaning a fifth have already died in it the space of three weeks. Jaysus!! Blyat He was killed attempting to take Mariupol and died alongside seven elite special operations fighters from the supposed 'feared' Dzerzhinsky Division of the country’s national guard, which is under Putin's direct control.
The other three to die:
Brilliant news for Ukrainian armed forces. These things are game-changers, especially in terms of taking on open artillery that is killing many Ukrainian civilians
This article from the 9th February has not aged very well:
Thankfully Germany will move away from the naive "Ostpolitik", we certainly don't need a "courageous new Ostpolitik" as the author suggests.
It would be so joyful to wake up in the morning , turn on the radio and BREAKING NEWS “ M! P!!!! H!! B!!! A!,,,,,,,” It would be all my christmases and birthday coming together. For the rest of my life. O wait , who is his replacement? The contents of that video to US congress was Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopppppppppppppppppp repulsive to put it mildly. The agent I’ve which I want to use has not been thought of yet
Eh what?
Wut?
Inflation is rising in Russia at 2% *per week*, as related by their own media : this is a dangerously overheating economy.
Looks like quite a few more civilian casualties are to be added from Mariupol. Mostly women and children. Sick bastards.
Apparently, there was chatter from Russia that Ukranians would blow this very spot up a couple of days ago.. This was not an accident.
Looks legitimate -
This has been horrendous since the start but I'm starting to feel like we are at a different level of being bombarded by propaganda and it's ramping up and it's unsettling.
Let's hope we get to a resolution soon.
Better than being actually bombarded isn't it?
Poster somewhat excited at my observation that Putin may not see out next year as leader!
Absolute **** cowards.
I've seen you going on a few times about propaganda, now. You seem to have something of a bee in your bonnet about it. Listen, we can sort through fact from fiction later on and what was exaggerated and what wasn't, but the basic facts are that Russia has launched an illegal invasion of Ukraine and that is fundamentally wrong, even if Ukraine's government is not perfect itself, and the people of Ukraine, especially in places like Mariupol, are getting unmercifully shelled. For the ordinary people of Ukraine, I am happy to see them get all the help they can, and if their spirits are buoyed by things like the Ghost of Kyiv (which I saw you refer to dismissively earlier in the thread), that's excellent, even if it is propaganda. Anything which boosts Ukrainian spirits and demoralises the Russians is a total plus.
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