Russia is to 2022 what Lehman Brothers was to 2008
A scapegoat for the catastrophic mismanagment that proceeded it, in this instance, putting economies into hibernation for 2 years of Covid panic.
The one good thing that has happened is that a lot of these edgy, confrontationalist, "In the know", dribbling idiots have outed themselves this year and to much less support than they had in previous years also. A small win for sanity.
The war in Ukraine isn't to blame for the energy crisis.
It's overreliance on Russian gas when other alternatives were readily available. Europe caught with their pants down.
Nice.
Fair play for putting that list together.
Might have a look tomorrow lunchtime!
Nope. Save it until there are no longer Russians killing Ukrainians. Russian tourists in the EU hurling threats, abuse and rude gestures at Ukrainian refugees are not going to arrive home and exhort Vlad on Twitter to lighten up because they had a great holiday.
Google says he's some kind of US alt right/white nationalist "character". https://www.youtube.com/user/ramzpaul/featured
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ray_Ramsey
Turns the stomach the way these types in Western countries are pro Russia + somewhat admirning of Putin.
They are always dribbling on about the unpatriotic "left" (pretty much everyone to the left of themselves) destroying the nation etc. but they are traitors and we are all absolutely done for if they ever get the kind of power they would like in key countries. This is why Putin loves them.
I really thought this war would throw most of them onto the political scrapheap, but I may have been too optimistic.😒
Kermit, war in Ukraine or no war in Ukraine, we are headed for troubled financial times,,,,and these financial storm clouds were forming long before Ukraine kicked off. Sooner or later borrowing and printing money faces the inevitable payback time, and its what's happening now. Putin is jut heaping more misery on the world.
ha. Putins gone from threatening nuclear armageddon to sending home a ‘few dozen’ coffins
Seen a tribute to losses in a particular unit currently deployed in Ukraine but 60 + kia but they mentioned that the same unit lost at least 11 soldiers with others injured in a incident in Chechnya very recently,
Wonder if something is brewing again
No, not recently. Communications problem.
A bit of Russian fakery here. Don't you just love the photo of the Power Plant?
Security and health concerns are not eu competence, remember how quickly border checks went up during covid
I presume half of eu states wanted unified action on this but seeing the usual feet dragging from usual suspects they probably just said f it.
And I don’t blame them just few weeks ago Russian “tourists” blinded personnel at nato base in Albania, if you are Poland etc you be very nervous now of something worse.
If you are Russia and you wanted disrupt a certain nato base (or even just monitor) in Poland thru which weapons and personnel are pouring what would you do? Send some little green men on vacation maybe and have deniability so as not trigger article5
@jmreire have you heard anything about Chechnya recently, involving the loss of 11 + spetsnaz soldiers in the region
Dream on…
Sounds like we can expect more hybrid warfare and invasions in the future as well from Blyatstan
A Porche compared to a Lada
Ukrainian artillery uses Polish KRAB howitzers
The chances of all that are receding and countries will hit the 80%+ in gas storage, probably a good bit more. The EU will introduce emergency measures for the electricity market soon, which has already knocked forward gas prices down.
From what I can see, several Schengen countries restricting entry from a specific non EU country would not necessarily breach any need to maintain 'consistency' (as although residents of that country could still enter Schengen through other borders, they still wouldn't be legally entitled to enter those states with restrictions, even if they tried to come in via the Schengen route. In other words they would be deported immediately, even if they had visas to visit a Schengen country).
Thought we were blaming Data centers on blackouts
This is an excellent tweet and gets to the heart of a dilemma soon to impact a lot of people.
What will the appetite be for supporting Ukraine in Europe if there are blackouts and homes go cold this winter?
You need more boots on the ground,but i dont think Ukraine have that problem,the problem they have is getting them trained properly for the offensive.
To be efficient in combined arms everyone needs to be trained and coordinated in all stages of the operation for best effect
But they cant offcourse not do that without proper gear and equipment for the job as well
So yes West needs to continue pooring in equipment and supplies and continue the training for the offensive operations.
I thought there had to be consistency across the Schengen area?
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-and-visa/visa-policy_en
How can watch the Russian state TV with the shouty serous presenters?
Looks like mad craic altogether
I hoping Crimea is flying the blue and yellows come early new year,if they roll Kherson in the next few weeks,
We already have a prediction of 20,000 russian POWs over the next while ,
Presumably his handler pushed him for a quote.
German General Eberhard Zorn, top Bundeswehr commander, commenting on Russia. It's worth noting but can they really even attempt that at this stage?
The bulk of the Russian land forces may be tied down in Ukraine at the moment but, even so, we should not underestimate the Russian land forces’ potential to open a second theatre of war.
Most of the Russian navy has not yet been deployed in the war on Ukraine, and the Russian air force still has significant potential as well, which poses a threat to NATO too.
EU visa deal agreed, but not full ban.
I am curious as to know what your timeframe is for Ukrainian forces to reach the Crimea border?
They need huge supplies from the west so they can blast the Russians out without too many casualties. I'm sure the west understands that.
Let them have all the Russian "tourists" so.
Delighted the war is going so badly for Putin that he's had to resort to his one trick pony... turning off the gas. He must be desperate.
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