Something most people who have followed Russia for years would have known
There is much more out there still that needs to be exposed though
All part of Putins hybrid warfare and misinformation campaigns
Have to give it to the russians,atleast something they are good at,lying.
Why Russia will never get air superiority in Ukraine
Never ceases to amaze me at the punishment trees can take and yet still survive.
It seems that Putin is now talking about a 'forever war'?
I'm reporting Putin to the Russian authorities. It's "special military operation", and a suggestion that it might go on forever is discrediting the Russian armed forces.
Just to give people a reminder of the enormity of just what is happening in Ukraine - WW1 lasted for four years and its western theatre was concentrated over a frontline of just under 500 miles - the famous Western Front. The war in Ukraine has already been going for a year and its front extends from Kherson in the south up to Kharkiv in the northeast - approximately 600 miles. Being exposed to so much coverage about it can desensitise us to the fact that this is a huge, huge war being fought in Europe in 2023.
That would depend on the terms of reference....Is Putins "forever" meaning his life span? In that case, hopefully, it may be a very short war.
A female Russian passenger in a taxi cab made the news in Brazil after the driver asked her not to smoke in his vehicle.
I mean the man has seen the effects of Russians smoking..
Until recently last time I heard the acronym BRICS being mentioned was not long after the 2008 financial crisis. This trading block seems to be the great hope of the instigators of this conflict.
B has just gotten rid of it's Trump
R
I is going through a Modi nationalistic period - have a look at the exports to RU since the start of last year as a backdoor import route. Vote once/often in the worlds biggest democracy.
C will probably invade them
S sadly is still undergoing it's post colonial transformation and appears to be corrupt
Watching those 1420 vox pop videos it gives me the impression that the Russians are still smoking like it's the mid 1970s. I knew that they were behind the times, but yeesh.
Bakhmut holds, despite what you say.
Bakhmut has officially made it to April. Russia now fighting over parts of the centre but who knows how it ebb's and flows. Every week it holds is another disaster for Russia.
Russia takes over chairing the UN Security Council, an interesting month ahead by all accounts!
And Putin remains…
(Everyone together now!)
….*A Master Stategist*
(I’ll be disappointed if that doesn’t somehow end up on his tombstone)
Tough skinned-
BRICS are a serious player nowadays and their GDP has overtaken the G7
I see it's an Indian source so maybe a bit dodge
Brilliant-
the west is weak, all these countries that challenge or have no desire to adhere to western or moral values are in turn being made wealthier and more powerful by western companies and the like.
consumerism is the race to the bottom.
time for countries like our own with our values to make it less viable for western companies to manufacture there and to move manufacturing out of there.
Now they have to deal with the weather on top of everything else ,
But I do believe the next 4 weeks will be hugely important for the defense of bakhmut
It's true by purchase power parity.
Think they are about 30% global GDP, so what ever metric they are a big block and rapidly growing.
Brazil has Lula in charge now, Bolsanaro was no help but Lula, a strong Socialist is firmly behind Russia and China.
India don't care what happens in ukraine, just as long as trade keeps going, though one would suspect that a Russian victory would be their preferred option.
China are delighted to see the West tied down with a conflict on the door.
South Africa is now firmly in behind Russia and China, as would most African States. They have been buying leaders for years now.
Certainly a weakness. Huge consumerism is driving us to a dangerous place.
Given they hold 42% of the world's population, you'd expect they'd have a pretty large opportunity to dominate. Thing is, there's a lot of desperately poor people in all 5 so it's horribly skewed towards those with CRIBS
The site’s owner has a significant China-based operation by the looks of it. A good bit of “Belt & Road” bias thrown in too.
More than a little dodge I’d wager. I’d be inclined to dismiss this as a pro-Beijing shill site and wait until a trustworthy source come forward with this.
Time to stop sending all this financial aid to Africa.
Let Russia and China finance them.
♪Nice one, Valery. Nice one, son. Nice one, Valery. Here comes another one.♪
We don't send financial aid to Africa.
Throughout the month of March Russia managed to gain an additional 0.01% of Territory. No wonder the T-54's are coming out of storage given how many weapons have been used up to take such a small amount of territory.
What aid do we send then?
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New Russian Soldiers. They look like men about to be hanged-
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