Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Responding to your earlier post, I don’t see any upside in dealing with Putin on the grounds that the alternative might be worse. Short of. nuclear war, it’s hard to imagine what could be worse. In a similar vein, Yeltsin played the West like a fiddle in that respect while the nascent democratic state rotted.Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
There are two organizations: Freedom of Russia Legion and Russian Volunteer Corps. Both are real, both are primarily Russians.Yes, I just don't know if that's at all an actual existing organisation. Maybe @harms has some idea.
Worse, here, could simply be a dumb barbarian like Kadyrov - or else Patrushev or Prigozhin. People comparably bad to Putin but without Putin's political instincts to where they would wildly miscalculate by using WMDs.Responding to your earlier post, I don’t see any upside in dealing with Putin on the grounds that the alternative might be worse. Short of. nuclear war, it’s hard to imagine what could be worse. In a similar vein, Yeltsin played the West like a fiddle in that respect while the nascent democratic state rotted.
Genuine question. More than yeltsin playing the west like a fiddle, wasnt more like a US drunk puppet where US poored billions to have influence over russia till pytin came?Responding to your earlier post, I don’t see any upside in dealing with Putin on the grounds that the alternative might be worse. Short of. nuclear war, it’s hard to imagine what could be worse. In a similar vein, Yeltsin played the West like a fiddle in that respect while the nascent democratic state rotted.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
My honest answer is that I don’t know. However, in the 1996 elections, Yeltsin‘s team did play heavily on the theme of give us money or the communists will get back in. I’m not sure Yeltsin was a puppet - he faced an incredibly difficult task and made a mess of It. Putin enjoyed extremely favourable circumstances (sky high commodity prices) and has turned the country into a pariah and Chinese dependecy.Genuine question. More than yeltsin playing the west like a fiddle, wasnt more like a US drunk puppet where US poored billions to have influence over russia till pytin came?
No, but as long as there is no real peace between Ukraine and Russia situations like today/yesterday can happen again (I'm talking about the Russian invasion of Russia, with Ukrainian support)Are you suggesting that you believe that NATO nations might attack Russia?
He doesn't need to do anything to fortify his borders.
The threat of nuclear weapons does that for him.
Came in here to post this.Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
I think only Patrushev from them might have a realistic chance. Aren’t the other two essentially Putin’s mad dogs, so with Putin gone, they won’t have much power. Everyone dislikes Kadyrov and he isn’t even Russian (I mean officially he is, but Russians do not really accept minorities as Russians), so feck all chance for him to get power in Russia.Worse, here, could simply be a dumb barbarian like Kadyrov - or else Patrushev or Prigozhin. People comparably bad to Putin but without Putin's political instincts to where they would wildly miscalculate by using WMDs.
Putin is a coward and cares nothing about anything but himself. So he has a fair amount of self-preservation. It could become even worse if some fecking idiot who truly and wholeheartedly believes in the current Russian propaganda takes over.I think only Patrushev from them might have a realistic chance. Aren’t the other two essentially Putin’s mad dogs, so with Putin gone, they won’t have much power. Everyone dislikes Kadyrov and he isn’t even Russian (I mean officially he is, but Russians do not really accept minorities as Russians), so feck all chance for him to get power in Russia.
Patrushev would obviously be continuing in the same way.
Agree with your main point though. If Putin falls, all bets might be off. We can see Russia getting Democratic, or Russia continuing in the same way. If the later, it might be worse than with Putin cause the new leader might be much more inexperienced and thus do many more miscalculations (unlike Putin who essentially has done just one miscalculation).
Yeah we are getting fascists turning up at anti-trans rallies and a conservative MP from Victoria was just expelled from the Conservative Party for taking part in the anti-trans rally which was attended by neo-nazi's like this lot. I don't want to take the thread off topic, but i'll end with the news today that our national spy agency has reported a significant increase in this kind of neo-nazi, fascist feckery. So hopefully we stay ahead of it.
Can we Germans get Königsberg back?So, if Ukraine belongs to Russia, due to some ancient map where Ukraine didn't exist, isn't a good portion of Russia just part of the Mongolian Empire, and should be handed back to their "historical" owners?
Edit : The map didn't even show what Putin said it did, apparently, he is not well.
They were Swedes, so...Can we Germans get Königsberg back?
And by the way, uf we start talking about ancient stuff, the origin of Russia is the Kyivan Rus. So in that sense shouldn't Russia be handed back to Kyiv's control? (This is part of the ideological reason why Ukraine must be part of Russia, it is actually it's place of origin. On the other hand England isn't part of the US, which is a comparable situation)
Let's not forget Finland's claim on KareliaThey were Swedes, so...
And we want Brazil back, just for a few years so we can finally get a wc.Let's not forget Finland's claim on Karelia
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
All those KIA/WIA for a meaningless, destroyed town in the hope it would create the illusion of success in Ukraine among domestic Russians.A good read
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Why stop there? Return it to the scythians! Clearly it belongs to Iran.So, if Ukraine belongs to Russia, due to some ancient map where Ukraine didn't exist, isn't a good portion of Russia just part of the Mongolian Empire, and should be handed back to their "historical" owners?
Edit : The map didn't even show what Putin said it did, apparently, he is not well.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Interesting.Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
They've already replaced "Kyiv's Rus' " with just "Rus' " in schoolbooks earlier this year.And by the way, uf we start talking about ancient stuff, the origin of Russia is the Kyivan Rus. So in that sense shouldn't Russia be handed back to Kyiv's control? (This is part of the ideological reason why Ukraine must be part of Russia, it is actually it's place of origin. On the other hand England isn't part of the US, which is a comparable situation)
with a magic marker to cross out Kyiv I presume.They've already replaced "Kyiv's Rus' " with just "Rus' " in schoolbooks earlier this year.
He is turning into Girkin 2Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
ConcerningTweet
— Twitter API (@user) date