Russia - threadbanned users in OP

The russian tax year ends December 31st too so good timing for maximum damage. I just realized it will be a perfect excuse to nationalise any remaining foreign companies in russia too. The spin from the kremlin will be very interesting on this.

Those comments are mental

That or just the usual Irish people with keyboards and a lot of time to themselves

People worrying about Orban and Hungary and creating problems for Ukraine eventually joining the EU.

Wry smile. One would be skeptical that most EU powers would ever allow Ukraine join.

It won't happen the next decade even with the best will in the world from everyone.

If the Eu keep harping on about Orban instead of saying let's **** fund Ukraine and it's army so they can win, it won't matter.

If plans aren't put in place to get all the refugees home, it won't matter, Ukraine will be an empty shell.

If Orban was all the Ukraine had to think about they would be fine.

Spend enough time on here and you'll quickly realise Russia can't be blamed for everything

Most of the world's problems stem from the Kremlin. They've had decades now since Putin is in power paying the various terrorist regimes in all the countries that are not Russia. The internet is no different. It's way simpler in fact. You could have anyone in Russia pretending to be from Ireland, UK, any european country, the US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, you name it operating over elon musk's X and the other forums.

This is what Putin's Kremlin does.

Have you heard of the far right in Ireland? No.

Well now thanks to Putin you have. First it was the shinners activists who stirred up who under orders from the Kremlin made a far right in Ireland. SF officially have nothing to do with this. This is all the government at fault. Some Enviros at the same time slipped the far right wording into the frame to attack farmers. Under orders from the Kremlin again. Farmers were wtf where are you coming with this from? Gradually it became seeped into the concsiousness that there's a thing called the far right in Ireland. This was no different how Putin and the kgb fermented a far right in western germany.

Cork university has their share of Putin apologists. Professors and academics from there have written about fairness for Putin and Nato encircling Russia and the greatness of Russia. The Kazakhstani student with russian roots, educated there and worked in work experience for politicians in the dail and only found to be a russian spy by the australian secret service when applying for work in their space agency. The Russian submarine anchored 12 miles off Cork harbour for the sightseeing. All interesting in Ireland.

So no they can't be blamed for everything but can be blamed for lots.

What can I say. I enjoy the scattergun approach. Some may be true. Some may not.

In ten years time maybe we'll know.

Edit: don't forget the submarine powered by Zanussi.

Anytime they start trotting out “Irexit” my antennae twitch.

Russia is an underdeveloped kleptocracy. Italy has a bigger (by $400 billion) economy than Russia, and is less corrupt, and has better technology. Brazil has a bigger population without the demography timebomb that an aging Russia has. Russians make up 1.8% of the world population, while China makes up 17.5%, and the Chinese economy is 10 times bigger than Russia's. There is no future world where Russia is powerful. Putin's imperialist war has just hastened its decline.

There it is:

You really don't help yourself sometimes.

Nonsense, it is the largest federation on earth with significant reserves of natural resources. If it gave up its luddite claims of strong man superiority and historical imperialism and actually chose reform to something resembling a competent nation or nations, it could have a meaningful position with significant power in the future. Instead it chooses to be an outlier.

I think ‘Say My name’ you jumped the gun. Why did you not ask ‘ Gatling’ to give 4 or 5 of the main things - in his mind- that Ru can be held responsible for and 4 or 5 of the main things - as per his mind- that Ru is not responsible for. So ‘ Gatling’ here is your opportunity to elaborate on what you are on about - with specific examples