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Current national myth of Russia & the core of Putins ideology is the lie about Russia as liberator. All of us between Russia and Germany are watching Ukraine being liberated and hope that for once...
View ArticleAndrey Illarionov explains Putin
Over on Triggernomatry, Andrey Illarionov has very definite views about Vladimir Putin (no, he is not bonkers) and Russia. Illarionov was Putin’s leading economic policy advisor for several years....
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At this rate, they will need to open an officer’s club in hell. – Yuriy Mysiahin, noting the remarkable number of senior Russian officers K.I.A. in Ukraine, specifically Anatoly Shterliz, the C/O of...
View ArticleWhy a better Tsar is not the solution to the underlying problem
I’ll clarify: the problem is not in Putin. Neither it is in Navalny. The problem is in imperial structure of Russia and in its imperialist mindset. Any ideology be it Orthodoxy, Communism, Liberalism...
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Russian culture on show for all to see in Kyiv’s suburbs. Maybe [some people] thinks Putin drove from Moscow & tied these people’s hands behind back before shooting in street like dogs. Guarantee...
View ArticleThis was never about NATO or Russia’s ‘legitimate security concerns’
Translation via Tadeusz Giczan. Yesterday, RIA Novosti published a lengthy piece titled “What Russia should do with Ukraine”, which explains in detail what Russia understands by ‘denazification’. The...
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For the international community there is a danger that Bucha is seen as an isolated atrocity deserving of a unique response. It certainly deserves investigation and, if possible, criminal...
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Dear Troll Factory…
All you chaps with impeccably British names like Stephen Brown, John Smith (seriously?), Jane Austin (lol), Jim Williams, Paul Strong, Sarah Evans… explaining why the Bucha atrocity is...
View ArticlePerun on the war in Ukraine
Perun is a gaming YouTuber who started making PowerPoint presentations on the war in Ukraine and they are so good that his channel has since become extremely successful. The two most recent...
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It is important to be open minded, but not so open minded that one’s brain falls out. This is one of those rare moments in the affairs of states where the moral and geopolitical realities are as clear...
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“It says a great deal about the impotence of the European Union’s response to the Ukraine crisis that Poland should have emerged as the bloc’s most effective cheerleader in confronting the Russian...
View ArticleWhat happens if Putin uses a nuclear device?
In the course of the Ukraine War, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s dictator, has from time to time hinted that he is prepared to use nuclear weapons. There is a tendency to downplay this. Many believe these...
View ArticleWhen dangerous fantasies come true
Famously, while Nigel Farage was debating Nick Clegg in April 2014, the latter said that the idea of an EU army was a “dangerous fantasy”. Ed Miliband repeated the line a year later. Three days ago,...
View ArticleSimilarities between the Russia-Ukraine War and the First World War
The aggressor was looking for a quick victory. When the aggressor failed to achieve that victory a stalemate developed. The principle mobile weapon system (then cavalry, now armour) was shown to be...
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“While dictators usually lie about everything they do, they are often candid about what they would like to do.” – Gary Kasparov
View ArticleHow does Russian propaganda work
Interesting discussion about how Russia does propaganda
View ArticleThoughts on Spheres of Influence
Sean Gabb writes: Sending money and weapons into the black hole of corruption that is the Ukraine is not a worthwhile cause. It is not worth defending in itself, and it is in the Russian sphere of...
View ArticleInteresting technical discussion about the ‘missile war’ in Ukraine
For those interested in such things… From the always interesting Perun.
View Article“All manpower, no metal”– Ukrainian mobilisation, equipment shortages, and...
Another excellent chat by Perun for folk interested in this kind of thing.
View ArticleDiscussion point: the car bomb that killed Darya Dugina
On 20th August 2022 a car bomb near Moscow killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of the Russian ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin, who was probably the intended target. I am away from home at the moment...
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