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Uhm.
Meanwhile I see in my country Ukrainian people begging for food and other goodies at the supermarket, not that they are poor or getting no help from my government, but its for the people at home.
Like “sugar britches” Lindsay graham said, zelinsky will fight to the last Ukrainian.
I am seeing ads for Ukrainian women as brides now. The fools they would have married have died.
I first thought the Russians would take to the river, and the Ukrainian capitol would be moved closer to Poland. We will see, but they are moving in that direction.
All because the American dims and covering up their corruption.
I am seeing ads for Ukrainian women as brides now. The fools they would have married have died.
I first thought the Russians would take to the river, and the Ukrainian capitol would be moved closer to Poland. We will see, but they are moving in that direction.
All because the American dims and covering up their corruption.
They even covered up the military being fresh out of guns.
NATO’s Enlargement and Russia’s Interests: Existential Threat or Invaluable External Discipline?
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this chart from the article shows real economic growth from 2000 projected through 2027.
russia was doing fine until 2014, when it's growth rate abruptly stopped going upward and plateaued in 2015. it has remained stagnant since then.
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we have seen from the pie chart above the military budgets of the world.
now lets look at the total nato budget compared to russia. russia's budget is approx 66 billion this year.
total nato budget is 1.2 trillion. russia's total gdp is on;y 1.5 trillion.
now lets look at the total nato budget compared to russia. russia's budget is approx 66 billion this year.
total nato budget is 1.2 trillion. russia's total gdp is on;y 1.5 trillion.
Opinion | The Speech In Which Putin Told Us Who He Was
In his 2007 Munich address, the Russian leader firmly rejected the post-Cold War system he's still trying to torpedo.
www.politico.com
this is putin's speech in munich in 2007 where he told the world who he was and what his intentions were.
i putting up these articles and statistics for the purpose of supporting my argument that this war is about territorial and population gain, money and power, and control over human and natural resources.
meanwhile, no one on the russian side of this discussion will discuss these subjects.
russia is diminishing in every way over time since the end of the cold war.
millions left russia in the early nineties when they first became able to leave.
at least 700,000 have left the country since feb 24. mostly bright young people with degrees and dissidents fearing imprisonment. would be conscriptees that don't want to die for uncle vova.
NATO nations print their money, while the makers actually produce. Russia and Brazil make, as do the Chinese. The takers are being hit upside the head with a BRICS, and the transition will be messy.
If the fools blew up Putin’s pipes, what is to stop them from salting the land Putin has taken as a buffer against western missiles? Turns out it is also fertile. The west is like a wounded animal cornered…
If the fools blew up Putin’s pipes, what is to stop them from salting the land Putin has taken as a buffer against western missiles? Turns out it is also fertile. The west is like a wounded animal cornered…
here is a scholarly article about russia's population problem.
all of the documents, charts, and essays i have linked to support the idea that Vladimir Putin desperately wants the territory and the population, wealth and prestige, and power on the world stage moved back into russia's orbit.
jump puts up a picture of an american nazi group protesting before ww2. his pic shows a sign that says "arm britain and prolong the war."
i then show a pic of the same protest the same day to show the context of his photo.
i point out that it is the same place and the same day in 1940 and ask for clarification as to what he thinks it means and get nothing.
none of you will discuss statistics relating to the real distribution of power and wealth on the planet.
this is complete nonsense! "salting the land putin has taken"? what the fuck are you talking about?
the chart above is factual and simply shows the progress these four countries are making economically.
china is doing extremely well. India is catching up.
the chinese defense budget is second only to the US. and they are modernizing everything at a high rate.
all of the documents, charts, and essays i have linked to support the idea that Vladimir Putin desperately wants the territory and the population, wealth and prestige, and power on the world stage moved back into russia's orbit.
jump puts up a picture of an american nazi group protesting before ww2. his pic shows a sign that says "arm britain and prolong the war."
i then show a pic of the same protest the same day to show the context of his photo.
i point out that it is the same place and the same day in 1940 and ask for clarification as to what he thinks it means and get nothing.
none of you will discuss statistics relating to the real distribution of power and wealth on the planet.
this is complete nonsense! "salting the land putin has taken"? what the fuck are you talking about?
the chart above is factual and simply shows the progress these four countries are making economically.
china is doing extremely well. India is catching up.
the chinese defense budget is second only to the US. and they are modernizing everything at a high rate.
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i'm going to issue an open challenge to anyone to show me a single time any nato member has ever threatened to invade Russia.
i can't find one but maybe i missed it.
in Putin's speech,, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67828, he calls NATO an existential threat to Russia
i can't find a single threat to invade Russia by anyone in nato. it has never occurred!
the reality is that NATO is not an existential threat to Russia but it is an existential threat to Putin's plans to take back the countries that legally decided to not be Russians anymore.
NATO was formed to contain Russia and it has worked extremely well.
i can't find one but maybe i missed it.
in Putin's speech,, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67828, he calls NATO an existential threat to Russia
i can't find a single threat to invade Russia by anyone in nato. it has never occurred!
the reality is that NATO is not an existential threat to Russia but it is an existential threat to Putin's plans to take back the countries that legally decided to not be Russians anymore.
NATO was formed to contain Russia and it has worked extremely well.
Corpselover Fat
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It's also funny how Nato is a threat to Russia, but Russia moves troops and equipment from nato borders to Ukraine.
please explain how russia is moving troops and equipment from nato countries to ukraine?
i'm fascinated by the concept, it would show russian collusion with nato countries.
quite frankly, i have never heard of this, please expound!
Corpselover Fat
Active member
Not from Nato coutries of course, but the borders. A lot of what was near the Baltic states and Finnish border was moved to Ukraine.
oh, i see, thank you!
a recent analysis shows the Ukrainians acquired more total munitions from Russian positions and warehouses in the occupied areas that Ukraine has taken back than Ukraine has received from the nato bloc.
they have confiscated millions of rounds of 152 mm that both russia and ukraine use.
A New Kremlin ‘Committee’ Won’t Accelerate Production Of Weapons For Russian Troops In Ukraine
Russia’s own news reporting acknowledges that many of the 300,000 reservists it recently mobilized to fight in Ukraine don’t have basic equipment let alone weapons. Vladimir Putin aims to fix Russian military production shortfalls with a newly organized committee.
www.forbes.com
Russian problems with the production of munitions.
including missiles because they are experiencing a shortage of materials to build them.
sanctions are starting to have a profound effect on Russian production.
last week a Russian FSB agent was arrested on the Estonian border trying to cross into Russia with a carload of high-quality sniper ammunition and thousands of assorted computer chips.
if the russian manufacturing capability is not being affected why do they feel the need to smuggle stuff in from the west?
US charges 7 people with smuggling goods to Russia via Estonia
NEW YORK - The US Justice Department announced charges Tuesday against five Russians and two Americans who allegedly smuggled electronic compone...
the Ukrainians are building what is called a "layered" air defense system. similar the Israeli "iron dome".
every anti-missile system made has an efficacy rate. for example, the patriot system has an 80% efficacy rate.
the success rate of knocking down incoming targets.
but when you layer it in conjunction with multiple other compatible systems the overall efficacy rate goes up into the 95% range.
like the nasaams, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAMS
multiple systems are either there or en route with an almost unlimited supply of missiles.
this will effectively counter the Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure.
western countries are also supplying huge amounts of repair and replacement equipment to repair the grid after each round of attacks.
it only took days to repair the kherson grid after the last attack.
every anti-missile system made has an efficacy rate. for example, the patriot system has an 80% efficacy rate.
the success rate of knocking down incoming targets.
but when you layer it in conjunction with multiple other compatible systems the overall efficacy rate goes up into the 95% range.
like the nasaams, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAMS
multiple systems are either there or en route with an almost unlimited supply of missiles.
this will effectively counter the Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure.
western countries are also supplying huge amounts of repair and replacement equipment to repair the grid after each round of attacks.
it only took days to repair the kherson grid after the last attack.
Lavrov made an excellent comment regarding the dimwittery of american warmongers.
As if the coup d’etat and years of lethal aid to nazis who kidnap, torture and murder the people of Donbas was not enough:
Delusion
The US Government's Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) holds a briefing on the "moral and strategic" necessity of partitioning Russia
niccolo.substack.com
you guys talk about the CIA but you won't talk about the KGB or the FSB.
intelligence agencies don't do a lot of discussions about right or wrong.
they all discuss how to accomplish goals regardless of right and wrong.
i don't see any as being on the moral high ground.
how about we stop the crap about right and wrong and morality and discuss the reality of why this decision to invade Ukraine by the Russians was made?
intelligence agencies don't do a lot of discussions about right or wrong.
they all discuss how to accomplish goals regardless of right and wrong.
i don't see any as being on the moral high ground.
how about we stop the crap about right and wrong and morality and discuss the reality of why this decision to invade Ukraine by the Russians was made?
Lavrov made an excellent comment regarding the dimwittery of american warmongers.
As if the coup d’etat and years of lethal aid to nazis who kidnap, torture and murder the people of Donbas was not enough:
Delusion
The US Government's Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) holds a briefing on the "moral and strategic" necessity of partitioning Russia
that's it? that's all you got? perhaps, but can you find an actual example of a nato member threatening to invade Russia?
no, you can't!
all nato has done is stop Russian plans for expansion.
i guess putin is a little sore over that but still, no existential threat to russia! no one wants Russia!
here is a geography textbook with a chapter on Russia.
pressbooks.pub
this explains Russia's geographic position on the planet and what it means for its population and economy.
this helps explain why Putin wants more farmland and seaports in warmer climates.
Russia – World Regional Geography
pressbooks.pub
this explains Russia's geographic position on the planet and what it means for its population and economy.
this helps explain why Putin wants more farmland and seaports in warmer climates.
