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1. Russia can only count on 70,000 to 100,000 professional soldiers out of those 800,000 (Western equivalent), yet this is across a vast country with many time zones. The Ukrainians only need local...

It's honestly a good time to get into Russian bonds, particularly from SOEs such as Gazprom. I wouldn't touch the stock market as yet...

Hah



1. No. I doubt the Ukraine can get the Crimea back anytime soon. It MAY be possible to re-do the referendum however, perhaps under EU or OSCE auspices, in order to satisfy Brussels and...

@mirhond:

Hah I was going to actually reply to you, but then I realized it wasn't the final post...

Nuff said.

Crimea has been illegally annexed by Russia. Define "belong". Prior to 1991, the Soviet republics all "belonged" to Russia, and had so since 1945: even the non-Soviet Warsaw Pact/Comecon members...

According to some commentators, the West is distracted from the Ukraine by Syria and anti-terrorism. This has allowed (pro)Russian forces to harass Ukrainian forces with mines, sniper fire, small...

The key is that they can't do much more than simply cast doubt on the "official" or "Western" narrative. They make contradictory arguments against the narrative in order to achieve some sort of...

I've been taking it to these Putinistas/Krembots on other forums. It's exhausting - it's like they work in shifts...

Sounds idyllic...

Firstly, I think that the White House is concerned that any unilateral moves might face headwinds from certain EU/NATO "partners". The Kremlin is very determined to extricate...

How was the Havel? I have a particular fondness for the Wild East - especially the lush countryside in the Summer.

Well, when Great Britain was alone and Churchill decided to "set Europe on...

Russia's propaganda has been so effective that we need to be on top of things. Tim Snyder noted that while Soviet propaganda tried to get people to actively support their ideological goals, Russian...

Outlaw09 - you deserve thanks for continuing to document and publicize Russia's war in the Ukraine, which has largely faded from the MSM since Debaltseve. The Ukrainians have not yet matched the...