Yeah that should do ,
Remember he died in a Himars strike at one stage and returned to tell the tale
Do they need something like this as evidence?
Merchants of death being a positive on Russian society. Those who left the country were a bad influence and those who died were a bad influence. When you are so sure of your position that the philosophy of a reactionary satirist trumps the individual existence of life.
You'd wonder when the pitchforks will be coming out and Lavrov and Putin will be thrown off the bridge.
Lavrov slips down the ladder of mental wellbeing
The man who doesn't seem to just die Ukrainian military intelligence no evidence prigozhin is actually dead ....
How long has it been?
Looks like the Ukrainians are sticking to the new plan of not risking every man and woman available to hold non strategic area's.Khrokmalne has been evacuated to better defensive lines
That kind pf luxury shopping is confined to that circle of Putin's Silovicki, or Oligarchs, not to the millions of ordinary Russians. Forget it. But it goes to show just how wealthy the selected few are. Flights to Dubai, Saudi etc. on whim, to pick up the latest jet set fashion for the season. But one thing stood out for me, normally these shopping avenues would be thronged with people, but not so much in her video? So somehow, I don't think that it is now quite as affluent as it was pre-war. The biggest threat to Putin will come either from these people or the military. Any bets?
She'll be rewarded for patriotism by being matchmaked with an FSB beast that has a head like a donkey wait and see.
She's seemingly courted controversy before being accused of being Pro Putin by liking post's on social media in favour of Putin.
Wholeheartedly agree with your post.
As an individual she seemingly has a temper problem. Probably sees her destiny to please Putin and for the "greatness" of Russia.
I wouldn't be surprised if she was educated in the Putin Youth.
I refuse to watch the tournament - all Russian / Belarussian should be barred. Full stop.
Fire at gas terminal in St Peters burg..
Russian or not that's a dreadful thing to see a teenager do, and speaks to the insane & lopsided degree of pressure and competitiveness demanded of modern sports stars at such a young age. Wasn't it Naomi Osaka who took a mental health sabbatical? (And got sledged for her trouble) Self harm is a problem in the first place for young people without doing so in the public eye. I hope the girl gets some help - tennis coaches aren't known for their empathy mind you.
What a wonderful little propagandist she is. (Promptly flags her on YouTube for probably being Russian State Affiliated)
It’s interesting that they’re still getting luxury goods, but from what I understand a lot of Western brands come into Russia via 3rd Countries which will inflate the prices. The shopping center she entered had branded concessions but I’m thinking those concessions are Russian owned and operated whereas the Branded shops were operated by the actual brands themselves.
She makes a brag near the end that Russians can simply go to Dubai or Turkey to buy this branded goods which comes across as very tone-deaf. No doubt the wealthiest Russians (currently) still have enough cash to throw at such a shopping trip, but that can’t be true for most Russians. And I wonder how well lit up that street will be during the rolling blackouts thar Moscow might soon experience.
Meanwhile in Berlin in 1940. I mean Moscow in 2024. We see which stores are open on Moscow's high street.
It was mentioned here before of the riots in Bashkortostan. I'm not sure if this particular news report was reported here. Apologies if it was already.
And more..
Only a kid ,she won the game though not so mentally challenged to turn it around
Meanwhile another Russian in the tennis Australian Open. Resorts to biting herself in anger when she was loosing to Diane Perry.
Commentators have questioned her mental status.
I'm guessing the Kremlin would like Andreeva to disappear.
Places like Karelia, Kalliningrad and Lenningrad Oblast have many pro EU/US people living in them and are the outskirts of Russia.
Unfortunately for this war. I kind of think along the lines of Bill Browder. We aren't dealing with a semi logical (i'll caveat that one heavily given recent events in congress) state like the US. Where politicians are more straightforwardly accountable to the free press and population at large. I've to'd and fro'd on this in my mind. At first I thought that Putin could simply announce the whole thing over in an evening and claim "Nazis dead good job everyone". And the population would just swallow it.
But I've changed my thinking since one of Putins recent press conferences. When asked about Ukraine and the war he restated his initial maximal aims: DeNazify and DeMilitarize Ukraine. He appears to have firmly placed his chips.
This war is the endgame for Putin. If he loses or is seen to be weak he either dies or loses everything and goes to prison. I think Vlad would happily chuck another million Russians into the fire to hold the throne. The time for Putin to take an offramp was after the initial failed blitzkrieg. Indeed I think this is what the West was aiming for in the first few months. Show him just how much this would cost. But Putin has doubled down at every single opportunity.
Now whether or not the Russian population will go along with this indefinitely is another thing. Or indeed will Putins underlings get fed up of watching all their yachts and frozen billions ending up in Ukraines coffers? They might decide they don't want to sink with the rotting ship. But again who knows.
Yes, and costs played a big part Russia's defeat in Afghanistan too. Once the US started supplying the mujahedeen with arm held missile launchers, and the Afghan's got good at using them it was curtains for the main advantage that the Russians had, air superiority. There was a limit to the Nr. of Hind's (flying tank) Helicopters that the Russians had, and when they were all gone, that was it. It was leave, or bankruptcy. Supporting an active army is an extremely expensive business, and hopefully, Putin and his cronies are really starting to feel the pinch now.
Like I said, maybe Ukraine doesn't need to win as such cos if the Russian brass are willing to throw bodies into the grinder to that industrial level of death, eventually those corpses will be too many. Ukraine clearly have the technology, sophistication and smarts to simply dodge or absorb the little Russia can manage - Russia, amazingly, have shown absolutely zero ability to shift its doctrine.
After all, the Vietcong didn't really "win" their war, it just became too costly, too sacrificial for the States to keep going.
Posted last week ,the tank was eventually abandoned after crashing into a tree ,the gunner credited Playing war thunder game for the tactics
I don't think was posted yet, dated Jan 19th. Came up on a viral feed.
details are a bit missing probably for operational reasons. I expect these interviews are edited or signed off by higher ups in case they reveal tactics or embarrass anyone.
@pixelburp For reference, IIRC barely 8,000 US soldiers died in Afghanistan and Iraq combined in the early 2000s. Russia has nearly hit the combined military deaths for the UK in ww2, and not far off America's own tally. And all this in a country a third the population of America, an approximate fourth/fifth of the EU.
And those figures combined for 20 years of daily combat in both countries, you could throw in the first gulf war and Somalia and still wouldn't wouldn't come close to the Russian losses over the last 2+ years
375,000 Russian troops dead.
Like, wow.
That needs a minute to process cos fúcking hell that's some charnel house and perhaps in the abstraction of this war we forget just how many have died for Putin's gamble. Closing in on half a million people dead - and all that they got was 20% of a country they're barely holding onto.
For reference, IIRC barely 8,000 US soldiers died in Afghanistan and Iraq combined in the early 2000s. Russia has nearly hit the combined military deaths for the UK in ww2, and not far off America's own tally. And all this in a country a third the population of America, an approximate fourth/fifth of the EU.
The fields of Ukraine will do well by the fertiliser Putin donated to that country - though you also wonder how much of a future health problem all those (presumably) neglected dead bodies might cause to the water table etc.
Putins current status
Eager Chinese recruit!!!!
Before and After.... LOL
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