Russia - threadbanned users in OP

2003 account? I don't think you're allowed to have two Boards a/cs at the same time, any anyone who does must be a fool to admit it, unless of course it isn't true. 😋

Their views. They probably should have said something like "in my opinion...", as nobody knows what has happened here or how this will fair out. Have seen it discussed on the news plenty how this could go a way that worsens Ukraine's situation and have seen plenty say the opposite.

In your opinion, unless you have implanted yourself into all of our brains.

Edit: Typo

They didn't though did they?

So why are don't you reply to them then? Nobody knows, right so when someone makes a statement that it was a bad day, you're said they have no basis to make that as a statement of fact. Did you 'buy' it? Evidently not.

You appear to be disagreeing with them, saying there's no basis to declare that. Or are you? Do you even know?

Utterly bizarre post.

If you have suggestions as to how another poster should have posted, reply to them.

I don't think either Pirgozhin or Putin give a crap about what the world thought of yesterdays march on Moscow, he made his point by lack of military opposition. If his mercenaries now assume positions of control in the Russian army then that is not good for Ukraine. The plan to take over Ukraine might be over, but now the goal could well be to make the Dnieper the new Russian border in order to retain Crimea.

I didn't reply to them because there was no benefit in doing so. It was obvious that it was their own views built upon off the back of the news, they just could have worded it better.

I've watched a number of news interviews now with people who share the same views as this poster, but they state it is a theory and a possibility, which is a given?

You don't need someone to state their views as theory, it is obvious in a situation like this.

You are saying nobody is buying what they are saying, which is claiming fact from your own opinion as well.

Many a civil war has started with this type of innocuous incident. But Russia is a law unto itself of course and doesn't seem to follow any established patterns - even many experienced Russia watchers were quite baffled by many of the events yesterday, including the conclusion.

No positives for Ukraine? That's absolutely absurd. Russia showed fractures. Putin was embarrassed and made look weak on the world stage, again. They were literally tearing up motorways on the road to Moscow.

In what world is that a bad day for Ukraine.

Some of the nonsense from the Pro Russian posters on this thread is mind boggling.

There was literally an armed coup/mutiny in Russia yesterday and that's somehow a good thing for Putin and Russia and a bad thing for Ukraine ?

I mean come on- If you're going to talk up Russia at least make it believable.

Compare to Assad: when some members of the inner circle and army turned against him and he looked on the verge of losing power, his solution was to fight the insurrection with even more brutality and persecute any dissent more brutally. It worked and saved his regime.

Putin, as his biggest assistant, will have watched closely. Saying he might adopt the same approach is not me saying he isn't a brutal thug already. Simply that things can still get worse.

You're welcome to highlight any post of mine saying yesterday was a positive day for Putin. You won't find one. Just like you won't find one saying the war in Ukraine is like a civil war or that I think Putin has prosecuted the war gently.... If you're going to call me a Putinbot at least back it up with evidence rather than just deliberately distorting posts any literate person can see don't mean what you say they do.

Maybe you weren't the Kazakhstan person yesterday but you were proclaiming civil war and mocking me when I said Putin wasn't overthrown yet and let's give it a day or two before drawing triumphant conclusions. We see who's right now and it clearly explains your bizarre aggression today that once again you got it wrong ....

Question about the Wagner fighters: what happens to those who don't want to sign contracts to join the regular army? And all the hardened criminals? Back to prison or just take their guns and go back into "civil" society?