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Reply #45 - Oct 3^rd, 2022 at 9:01am

Belgarion wrote on Oct 3^rd, 2022 at 8:49am:

It is all unravelling at an ever increasing rate for Vlad. I get the feeling his days are numbered. We must hope he does nothing even more stupid before then.

He'll try, but all of his senior command have to live in that town.

Who's keeping Navalny alive? It couldn't be Putin. He's just murdered his way through 15 oligarchs, so he's in no mood to be dissed.

But the chief political dissident is still alive. Who's ensuring that?

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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44538	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #47 - Oct 4^th, 2022 at 10:57am How Putin's partial mobilisation is allegedly targeting Russia's ethnic minorities and low-income regions
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MeisterEckhart Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 15674 Gender:	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #48 - Oct 4^th, 2022 at 11:59am Brian Ross wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 10:57am: How Putin's partial mobilisation is allegedly targeting Russia's ethnic minorities and low-income regions Hardly surprising. Mobilisations of this kind usually do. Think Vietnam war.
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Reply #49 - Oct 4^th, 2022 at 12:13pm

MeisterEckhart wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 11:59am:

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 10:57am:

How Putin's partial mobilisation is allegedly targeting Russia's ethnic minorities and low-income regions Roll Eyes

Hardly surprising.

Mobilisations of this kind usually do. Think Vietnam war.

Ah, but Vietnam was capitalism imposing it's will on the freedom loving people of Vietnam! Not like the freedom loving people of the motherland seeking to liberate the people of Ukraine who labour under Nazi domination! The people of Russia are 100% behind Vladimir Putin as they seek to push into Ukraine! Roll Eyes

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Reply #50 - Oct 4^th, 2022 at 12:51pm

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 12:13pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 11:59am:

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 10:57am:

How Putin's partial mobilisation is allegedly targeting Russia's ethnic minorities and low-income regions Roll Eyes

Hardly surprising.

Mobilisations of this kind usually do. Think Vietnam war.

Ah, but Vietnam was capitalism imposing it's will on the freedom loving people of Vietnam! Not like the freedom loving people of the motherland seeking to liberate the people of Ukraine who labour under Nazi domination! The people of Russia are 100% behind Vladimir Putin as they seek to push into Ukraine! Roll Eyes

Yep, and then there's reality.

This is Russia's second 'Vietnam'; Afghanistan being the first, which Gorbachev suggested triggered the start of the Soviet Union's fall, Chornobyl being the final nail.

Putin has already offered prison inmates freedom after a 6-month 'tour of duty' in Ukraine; some lessons never get learned.

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Reply #51 - Oct 4^th, 2022 at 3:43pm

MeisterEckhart wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 12:51pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 12:13pm:

MeisterEckhart wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 11:59am:

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 4^th, 2022 at 10:57am:

How Putin's partial mobilisation is allegedly targeting Russia's ethnic minorities and low-income regions Roll Eyes

Hardly surprising.

Mobilisations of this kind usually do. Think Vietnam war.

Ah, but Vietnam was capitalism imposing it's will on the freedom loving people of Vietnam! Not like the freedom loving people of the motherland seeking to liberate the people of Ukraine who labour under Nazi domination! The people of Russia are 100% behind Vladimir Putin as they seek to push into Ukraine! Roll Eyes

Yep, and then there's reality.

This is Russia's second 'Vietnam'; Afghanistan being the first, which Gorbachev suggested triggered the start of the Soviet Union's fall, Chornobyl being the final nail.

Putin has already offered prison inmates freedom after a 6-month 'tour of duty' in Ukraine; some lessons never get learned.

Comrade, isn't it better for the prisoners to serve as a mine detector than as a prisoner? They would be doing it for the glory of the Motherland, after all! Lessons need to be relearned by all volunteers when the Rodina is threatened! Lessons which ensure that Comrade Stalin Vladimir is obeyed! We must remember this! Glory to the Rodina!

Of course I don't support Russia in what it is doing. Just engaging is some satire, at Vlad's expense. Grin

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Reply #52 - Oct 4^th, 2022 at 5:16pm

The mention of Afghanistan reminds me of a war memorial I saw in Russia. Every other memorial was a larger than life statue of a steely eyed soldier looking determinedly into the distance and brandishing a flag or a weapon in defence of the Motherland.
One though was different. It was a soldier sitting on the ground, head bowed and shoulders slumped, looking utterly beaten and exhausted. This was the Afghan memorial, a realistic expression of how the Russians saw the conflict there.
I wonder what memorials this Ukraine war will inspire.

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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44538	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #53 - Oct 5^th, 2022 at 8:35pm President Vladimir Putin signs laws absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, in defiance of international law
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44538	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #54 - Oct 7^th, 2022 at 4:32pm Two Russians flee to Alaska's St Lawrence Island in small boat to escape Putin's Ukraine war conscription
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44538	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #55 - Oct 11^th, 2022 at 3:44pm Russians 'who don't want to fight' flee to Georgia after President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation drive
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44538	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #56 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 12:46pm Russian President Vladimir Putin says no need for massive new strikes on Ukraine, announces end date for mobilisation of reservists
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44538	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #57 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 12:49pm Vladimir Putin's ambitious defence chief Sergei Shoigu was once the 'heir apparent'. Ukraine's war could bring him down
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44538	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #58 - Oct 16^th, 2022 at 11:52am Russian media reports 11 dead and 15 wounded after attack on training ground
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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5765 Gender:	Re: Things happenin' down Moscow way... Reply #59 - Oct 16^th, 2022 at 2:15pm Brian Ross wrote on Oct 16^th, 2022 at 11:52am: Russian media reports 11 dead and 15 wounded after attack on training ground Interesting. One wonders if this was a mutiny by conscripts rather than a planned attack by insurgents?
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