[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)

[Eric the meek]

Following on from my last point, my tip for the day is don't catch a plane in Russia:

'Punished By Western Sanctions, Russia's Airlines Are Showing More Cracks And More Problems'

Punished By Western Sanctions, Russia's Airlines Are Showing More Cracks And More Problems

Cracks are showing in Russian aviation industry as it struggles under the weight of Western sanctions that have sharply curtailed the import of badly needed parts.

www.rferl.org

 

[raymondo]

Russia continues it's shameless pursuit of the anti-truth and control of their masses..

 

[raymondo]

Stoltenborg gives consistent messages IMO

 

[raymondo]

And here are some specific actions showing how Russia brutally controls dissent:

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko jailed for highlighting Mariupol killings

Maria Ponomarenko faces six years for detailing Russia's deadly attack on a theatre in Ukraine.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Windows are making a comeback as a very effective weapon in this war.

 

[A1X]

Gravity remains undefeated

 

[Weststander]

Live at the Old Bailey, convicted traitor David Smith is being sentenced. A right wing Putin fanboy, he had a loathing of Germany where he worked at our embassy and the UK. He put the embassy staff at danger by passing on their details and other classified information to Russia, he also thought that he was spelling the literal end of someone purporting to be a traitor to Russia.

Sentence of 13 years, 2 months.

He was a fan of the murderous special Russian forces operating in Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014, possessing items from them. Oddball.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Live at the Old Bailey, convicted traitor David Smith is being sentenced. A right wing Putin fanboy, he had a loathing of Germany where he worked at our embassy and the UK. He put the embassy staff at danger by passing on their details and other classified information to Russia, he also thought that he was spelling the literal end of someone purporting to be a traitor to Russia.

Sentence of 13 years, 2 months.

He was a fan of the murderous special Russian forces operating in Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014, possessing items from them. Oddball.

Pretty standard really. You can bet your life we have Russian versions of him in Russian embassies somewhere. He just got caught.

 

[sparkie]

Windows are making a comeback as a very effective weapon in this war.

The head of the financial department of the Russian Ministry of Defence was always going to be a dicey role to have with all the corrupt siphoning off of military funds. Many loose ends need to be blamed on someone.

 

[portslade seagull]

Live at the Old Bailey, convicted traitor David Smith is being sentenced. A right wing Putin fanboy, he had a loathing of Germany where he worked at our embassy and the UK. He put the embassy staff at danger by passing on their details and other classified information to Russia, he also thought that he was spelling the literal end of someone purporting to be a traitor to Russia.

Sentence of 13 years, 2 months.

He was a fan of the murderous special Russian forces operating in Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014, possessing items from them. Oddball.

Should've been life with no release

 

[Sirnormangall]

Interesting series on BBC4: Russia 1985-1999. There’s no narrative / commentary, just a series of tv clips and amateur film showing the lead up to the collapse of communism and Soviet Union, the oligarch takeover and current regime.

 

[crookie]

Bit of a read but very interesting article on the economic straightjacket tightening on Russia. Encouraging. Hope it's ok to post the link as I just clicked on it, wasn't behind a paywall

MSN

 

[fly high]

Bit of a read but very interesting article on the economic straightjacket tightening on Russia. Encouraging. Hope it's ok to post the link as I just clicked on it, wasn't behind a paywall

MSN

As you say, very interesting. Thank you for posting.

 

[A1X]

Bit of a read but very interesting article on the economic straightjacket tightening on Russia. Encouraging. Hope it's ok to post the link as I just clicked on it, wasn't behind a paywall

MSN

It's the absolute classic case that drawn-out wars are won not by who has the biggest army but who can best supply the army they have. Logistics win wars.

 

[raymondo]

Bit of a read but very interesting article on the economic straightjacket tightening on Russia. Encouraging. Hope it's ok to post the link as I just clicked on it, wasn't behind a paywall

MSN

Very interesting, thank you

 

[Eric the meek]

'Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin travelling in armoured train over ‘fear of flying’

Putin travelling in armoured train over ‘fear of flying’ – Ukraine-Russia latest

Russian president is reportedly afraid of being ‘shot down’

www.independent.co.uk

Isn't this wonderful? He is scared to fly, because he judges other world leaders by his own low standards.

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[A1X]

'Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin travelling in armoured train over ‘fear of flying’

Putin travelling in armoured train over ‘fear of flying’ – Ukraine-Russia latest

Russian president is reportedly afraid of being ‘shot down’

www.independent.co.uk

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Well given how so many prominent Russians have developed a tendency to fall from heights perhaps he has a point

 

[Weststander]

'Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin travelling in armoured train over ‘fear of flying’

Putin travelling in armoured train over ‘fear of flying’ – Ukraine-Russia latest

Russian president is reportedly afraid of being ‘shot down’

www.independent.co.uk

Isn't this wonderful? He is scared to fly, because he judges other world leaders by his own low standards.

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He knows he’s hated. Reporters covered, before this invasion/genocide, that he won’t touch food or drink offered by other world leaders, and in round table negotiations he insists on being seated a huge distance away from the other leaders.

He’s arranged the murder of people through them touching a grain of radioactive matter, it’s made him personally paranoid.

 

[Eric the meek]

He knows he’s hated. Reporters covered, before this invasion/genocide, that he won’t touch food or drink offered by other world leaders, and in round table negotiations he insists on being seated a huge distance away from the other leaders.

He’s arranged the murder of people through them touching a grain of radioactive matter, it’s made him personally paranoid.

It makes a mockery of Putin's tough guy persona, with the judo, bareback horse riding etc, when he is shit-scared of catching a plane.

Mind you, with sanctions going the way they are, and Russia bastardising grounded planes for spare parts, maybe he's got a point.

An opportunity for western nations I feel. Focus on sanctions which will halt the spare parts for trains....

 

[SeagullinExile]

'Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin travelling in armoured train over ‘fear of flying’

Putin travelling in armoured train over ‘fear of flying’ – Ukraine-Russia latest

Russian president is reportedly afraid of being ‘shot down’

www.independent.co.uk

Isn't this wonderful? He is scared to fly, because he judges other world leaders by his own low standards.

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