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I remember reading somewhere recently that despite it being against the law / constitution etc. there were 7 private armies in Russia (6 now i guess with Prigozhin eliminated) and when / if Putin goes, you could see a battle royal between them vying for power. They include Kadyrov and even that man of peace, Patriarch Kirill.
Or even a nice cup of tea with the Boss??
That kind of attitude might have carried some weight maybe a month or two ago, when Ukraine was at a very low ebb due to a weapons shortage, and you were making minute gains (even it was at unbelievable costs in terms of men and equipment) and you were asked would you consider making a peace deal with Ukraine, and you replied " You dont make peace deals when you have the upper hand." How times have changed Vladimir!!
If it's a known issue, strange that they haven't come up with a "fix" for it by now? Sure, missing a few of these sound proofing tiles is not mission critical as they would be on the space shuttle, nonetheless even aside from that, they are very unsightly to landlubbers.
Well whatever about the rest of them , going by the videos of him the last month or 2 I doubt Kadyrov knows what day of the week it is, never mind trying to take power in Russia.
Guy looks on his last legs.
Yes, he'd have some job getting a life insurance policy going by how he looks. One of his 3 eldest sons is being groomed to replace him, and his eldest was married at 16, just in case anything happened to Kadyrov, but lately, there's much talk about a younger son, Adam being the successor. In any case, regardless of what happens in Moscow, the word has gone out in Chechnya that no matter what happens to Kadyrov, the position of president of Chechnya will remain firmly in the Kadyrov family. Just in case anyone might be getting any presidential ideas….
More russian oil up in smoke.
I'd love to know how they managed that. Like looking at google maps, what sort of flight vectors did they use to pull this off? Where Azov is located, i assumed it would be well protected
The special relationship delivers again for China.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/China-eyes-Sea-of-Japan-access-via-Russia-North-Korea-border-river
China historically held the area until the Russian Empire took control in the 1860s. China has repeatedly urged Russia and North Korea to allow Chinese vessels to navigate the river to the Sea of Japan, proposing the creation of a special economic zone along its banks.Russia used to be reluctant on the idea, concerned that it would increase China's influence in Northeast Asia. But its attitude is changing as the power dynamic between Moscow, Beijing and Pyongyang shifts.
China historically held the area until the Russian Empire took control in the 1860s. China has repeatedly urged Russia and North Korea to allow Chinese vessels to navigate the river to the Sea of Japan, proposing the creation of a special economic zone along its banks.
Russia used to be reluctant on the idea, concerned that it would increase China's influence in Northeast Asia. But its attitude is changing as the power dynamic between Moscow, Beijing and Pyongyang shifts.
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even this them sad ruSSian cnuts could not invent themselves. Had to copy Darth Putin. What a sad scum nation!
I wouldn't let yourself get so upset over social media.
well no surprises there, the Chinese must be rubbing their eyes on disbelief
Not good news
https://www.forces.net/ukraine/russia-threatens-ukraines-main-supply-route-after-conquering-novooleksandrivka-village
Is it disingenuous to 'like' every "both sides", "Russia had no choice", "Ukraine is corrupt", "the West is to blame", "you can't trust Ukrainian accounts" post, and then post links to reports of Russian success while claiming to be disappointed?
Just asking like.
Yeah, they'd been making slow progress towards this for a while now. While a lot of people's attention has been focused up in Kharkiv, Russians have been still slowly advancing down south east.
I wouldn't be too worried yet, UAF have been steadily degrading air defence from Crimea to up along the southern front line. Should make it easier for UAF air power to reverse these gains.
It's bizarre alright
Indeed. One would almost be of the mind that some posters are intentionally cherry-picking negative news to post here in order to undermine support for Ukraine’s war-effort. Almost as if that was their entire goal of posting here…
Almost…
I’m wondering what form this would take. Would the Chinese government simply own the Russian side of the Tuman river bank as a private enterprise while sovereignty technically remains with Russia. Or is this another Alaska, where the Russians are actually seeding this territory to China in return for cash?
Beyond direct access to North Korea (and Russian rail links to Pyongyang are often done via Northern China anyway), I’m guessing there’s little value of Russia holding that land beyond the patriotic value of it forever belonging to the Motherland. But for a country bleeding cash, a big payday may be worth it.
You know that episode of Simpsons where Homer let’s Castro hold trillion dollar bill
And when he asks for it back he says “give what back”
That’s how I see this playing out 😂 and of course Russia has now set precedent that it’s ok to annex land by just waving a pen and claiming it’s yours
Shame if there were a coup while Putin was away in North Korea. .
Or a train or plane crash. Prigozhin style.
Although..
It might be a plan?
Its like a Ross and Rachel, will they won't they moment
The lady doth protest too much.
And you love it ….
I have to say getting a new meme was not on my bingo cards for this get together
only matter of time before subscription runs out like happened to this comrade
Ah FSB…what's wrong lads? Have you run out of people to copy/paste text into Yandex Translate? Might have been an idea to hold onto a couple of desk-jockies instead of mobilising them to cannon fodder duties.
So…while satisfying my Wikipedia addiction with articles about the Tumen River, I stumbled upon a rather interesting territorial dispute with Russia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noktundo
Turns out, that a good chunk of the north bank of the Tumen is historically Korean. Not only that, it was also the site of some famous battles in Korean folklore. The Tumen used to fork to the north in this area, creating Noktundo Island which the Koreans used as a fort on their northern border. Eventually silt deposits joined this island with the mainland north of it. The Tumen River's course continued to the south.
When the Chinese seeded territory to the Russians, they used the exisitng Tumen river course as the demarkation line, not realising that by doing so they had also given the Russians a small chunk of Korean soil…which the Koreans didn't agree to.
Over the years Korea wanted that land back, especially since it had such historic value to them. That partly ended in 1990, when North Korea signed a treaty with the USSR to formally agree to give that land to the Russians.
However, South Korea never recognised that agreement. Meaning that Russia currently sit on a tiny chunk of land that Pyongyang gave up, but South Korea still want.
You cannot help laugh at Putin going to NK to boast ties while majority of the world ostracize Rusia
It's been some downfall for Putin
