Look at the whole not 1 inch east speeches Russian have been ranting about for the last 30 odd years,
We were promised Nato wouldn't move one inch east, something Putin regularly spews in speeches,
But ask putin who promised him that ,who promised Russia that, and where...
Nobody is the answer with the fall of the Berlin wall and former Soviet states gaining independence,
It was raised at some meeting by one Russian negotiator ,I believe in America could have been Germany.
And never officially discussed again by any leader nor president...
But yet they were 'promised "
Im sure for your average Russian the same could be said for Zelensky and his regime. Why have they not targeted him?
It's a well worn theory at this point, but it's seriously lacking in intelligent reasoning.
Russia is bordered by many nations, including Kazakhstan for example, who have been enjoying the recent economic spoils that have come from exploiting their natural resources. If your theory is true, then why has Putin and Russia made no attempts to prevent their economic progression out of fear that it might reflect badly towards their own nation? Kazakhstan would be even easier to subjugate than Ukraine.
Your theory (although it's definitely not yours alone) sounds like more badly thought out propaganda, rather than anything with concrete rationale behind it.
But I suppose if the baying hoard laps it up, that'll be enough to qualify it as a legitimate theory! ;)
Didnt work very well in the past
They are probably thinking of help with nuclear weapons, maybe Russia will give them some or scientific help.
The jury is still out on that but with Russian units being beaten back and being reinforced by a rabble of half-trained, ill-equipped, unmotivated replacements, so it's not looking too good. The Russians must be praying for their best US asset to get back into the White House. Russia is only influencing Ukraine in the military sense; Russia attacked and Ukraine had to respond, but even military action has failed to make the Ukrainians roll over and accept Putin's will, it's failed to make them change their minds about joining NATO or the EU, and it's failed to make them stop seeking and receiving support from the west. So in truth, the Russians have influenced bugger all on the other side of the front line. What Russia has influenced, and in a far more negative way, is its own economy and its own standing in the world. When your new best buddy is North Korea, you're not in a good place internationally, and you have no influence.
Hilarious, live reporting he says and then says the guy reporting is insane. Thats the first thing housetree has said here that is true, the "reporter" he linked is visibly unhinged.
1 glance at the link is enough to see in the eyes that he's a "madlad" that would make you turn about and walk out of a pub on a Friday evening.
Iran regrets they forgot how much grain they import from Ukraine and thought Russia would give them a slam dunk better deal once they had taken over the place, but now victory doesn't look so certain, they are wondering where they are going to get their grain from now. When they discretely asked Australia for a good deal, they were shocked that They hadn't forgotten the several Australian women they had held hostage for years, like they did with Nazanin Ratcliff, and that no special price would be forthcoming.
Joking aside, I find it particularly sinister that Iran seems to target Australian women who are reasonably attractive.
Putin getting "sorted" at this stage would solve problems for practically everyone, on all sides.
Very few would lament his demise.
Technology has made science fiction comic stuff an absolute reality.
Why can't a few Musks or Gates' finance a pan-national operation that involves a drone delivery to Putin ??
We know that a toxin spray on any handle would suffice.
Long range sniping would be good too - drone mounted if possible ??
In short, how is he still alive ??
Just keep telling him he does not read his own links, eventually he will block you and once he has blocked everyone he can continue posting to himself in his own self delusional world.
Live reporting from the area compared to your Xi Jinping is under house arrest
Meanwhile in Russia you cannot buy a car with a seatbelt. Yawn!!!!!
According to his statements during the interview you are incorrect
As you quoted yourself... It was an ugly compromise
Let him
It's good for a nice Saturday afternoon laugh and greatly increases my bowel movements at the same time
This was a Nato decision, publicised months in advance, putin knew it was being discussed at the summit,
There was no jack in the box surprise
What's next? A tiktok from partisangirl?
Ohhhhh dear ,
How much shite can one individual post
I am just paraphrasing what he said .... Putin changed after that summit ... Bush and his admin went rogue is basically what he said... with Condoleeza Rice saying to him before the meeting " you are not going to like this"
Will this book be in the fiction or non fiction section of my local library?
Back in the real world, Russia ARE exerting their influence over Ukraine. And the west has thus far failed to put an end to it. (despite all their bluster and bravado)
There will be plenty of historians who will likely debate how successful their strategies are/were against Russia. But so far, it would have to be regarded as a failure. Some would probably consider it a failure of western foreign policy, that this war ever even started in the first place. (but that will of course be a hotly debated topic)
Their efforts, so far, to bring this war to a speedy conclusion - have failed to meet that objective! So as we stand right now, Russia have succeeded in preventing Ukraine from becoming a western controlled nation. (as they would see it)
If western strategies against Russia produce a stalemate, then that's how things will remain indefinitely. Russia don't really have to win decisively, in order to get what they want. They only really have to avoid a decisive defeat.
Patrick Lancaster reporting from the referendum areas, this guy is insane, he's had a few close calls in some of his vids
More happening on the de-industrializing of Germany
Job losses, energy crisis, refugee influx. No wonder Germany is training their riot police for the winter
In the Russian view of the big/little nation power dynamic, larger nations simply exert their dominance on smaller ones. Of course Russian machismo would overlook the following point which is that this dynamic is much more sustainable when the smaller nations are actively allying themselves with the larger nations, being drawn by the economic opportunity and military protection. It's not strictly one way. There's soft power involved in the equation as well -something Russia is ignoring. I'm not surprised that Russia is trying to flex it's muscle about the situation, but it must be coming as a nasty surprise to Putin that the muscles aren't up to much. Two week tops to get to Kyiv... (sad trombone).
With a machine made in Germany...
PS they're too small and of the wrong type to be bodybags.
Anne Laure Bonnell objective? You have got to be having a laugh Ted. Oh she's loved by the Russian spin machine and outlets like RT and if you watch her documentaries as I have in the past she's clearly shadowed by "advisors" when she's out and about filming her spin. There are a couple of similar "independent" westerners reporting on the Russian side with similar narratives and handlers in tow. You'll be linking to shills like the Duran next. Or one of those autistic yanks in Thailand shilling for Mother Russia.
Now the Ukrainians are bloody good at spin themselves, however there are also significantly more journalists from across the west and beyond reporting from the Ukrainian side and there have been a few strong criticisms too, like the horrors found by the BBC in a couple of Ukrainian orphanages. You see nothing like this on the Russian side. No BBC/Reuters/AP/DW/LeMonde/Al Jazeera etc reporters to be seen. Never mind actual independents looking for a story that sells and a different narrative would sell. The Russians have claimed they're open to such reporting but when reporters tried to get in there's always some excuse. Even a couple of youtubers tried, like Willy Beating cancer, an ex Aussie military guy who's been reporting on the Ukraine side and not too rosily at times either. He's been quite clear that all is not Slava Ukraine we're winning easily! He tried to get the Russian side, even if it meant, as it would, the Ukrainians would ban him from Ukraine for good if he did and again a flat nope.
Looks like a tradeshow machine running a demo producing bags. People just post videos without any thinking.
But it wasn't just bush coming out and randomly dropping Ukraine to NATO,it as discussed from 91/92 onwards .
Putin himself was at the 2008 nato summit and raised no public complaints and never mentioned red lines being crossed,,
But he later attacked and annexed part of Georgia and repeated the same stunt in Ukraine twice now
Looks at the statements from the government and official propaganda over the last number of months, it was all about dehumanizing and demonizing the population of Ukraine a country that doesn't exist,the language doesn't exist, they shouldnt exist ,
they are all baby eating nazis .
Some on here have bought into it spectacularly,we can name them on this thread.
But if you mention Russians getting hurt they get all upset and start reporting posts
Correct ... ugly compromise because of US last minute changes to the text .... Not me saying this but the former security general in interviews in Dutch media after the Russian invasion in Ukraine. He provided an interesting insight in behind the scenes diplomacy.
I have my own insights having lived in Czech republic for several years, There were many Ukrainian immigrants there and as with your experience very open about talking about their issues. Northern Ireland on steroids is apt but I always got the feeling that it was due to malevolent external Russian interference.
Most Ukrainians (perhaps all) I met could also speak Russian, there as no (major) religious divide and intermarriage was commonplace (in fact there is a greater religous divide in Western Ukraine between Rutheran and Ortodox). Notwithstanding the fact that Northern Ireland does not have the language divide, the two communities in the North did not intermarry to the same extent, and culturally (mainly sport) the divide was greater. The singular difference appears to me is that the British government do not seek to divide in order to plunder the assets through associated criminal enterprise, and arm the loyalist community to that end nor have they sought to extend the conflict or interfere in Irish democratic process. So yes it was Northern Ireland on steriods but due more to the intentions of the Moscow government then local intentions.
In addition I have a cousin married to a Belarussian man and living here. He is from a collective farm family, one of those families who were legally enslaved by the Belarussian state under the law reintroducing the system of Serfdom. He has been saving for several years in order to bribe the collective farm manager to legally release his younger brother from the Serfdom.
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In the scenario I was referring to, Russia would have tried to exert its influence/dominence and failed, so what Russia would and wouldn't be prepared to accept wouldn't amount to a fart in a high wind.
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