🇷🇺🇺🇦 Discussion: Relations with Russia and the war in Ukraine

[MagnarTheGreat]

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Daily Kos - Putin is counting on Trump and the GOP's pro-Russia lackeys to stab Ukraine in the back(liberal blog)

Daily Kos - Ukraine Update: Russia declares itself an imperial power, while [far left] tankies still blame U.S. (liberal blog)

Fascists on the far right and Stalinists on the far left find common cause with the world's dictators like Vladimir Putin.

 

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Former Russian PM: Putin is 'out of it,' Ukraine war could last two years | The Times of Israel

 

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Alexei Navalny missing: Vladimir Putin critic vanishes from prison colony in Russia - World News - Mirror Online

 

[Fosterson]

Alexei Navalny missing: Vladimir Putin critic vanishes from prison colony in Russia - World News - Mirror Online

Genuinely worrying development.

 

[Marvolo]

Alexei Navalny missing: Vladimir Putin critic vanishes from prison colony in Russia - World News - Mirror Online

I'm surprised he even made it to prison. I expected him to be disappeared or executed quickly.

 

[Iceman]

Unfortunately little chance of good news here.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Daily Beast - Team Putin in a Panic Over Jan. 6 Hearings ‘Lynching Trump’
Kremlin propagandists fear their favorite presidential candidate is having his re-election chances hammered by televised hearings of the Jan. 6 committee.

 

[Marvolo]

The Daily Beast - Team Putin in a Panic Over Jan. 6 Hearings ‘Lynching Trump’
Kremlin propagandists fear their favorite presidential candidate is having his re-election chances hammered by televised hearings of the Jan. 6 committee.

They obviously don't know Americans. These hearings will be a hazy memory at best by November 2024.

And his followers will never quit him no matter what the hearings reveal. He could desecrate Billy Graham's corpse, steal the entire US Social Security fund, and confess to being Putin's lover and a spy and his fans would cheer him on for owning the libs.

 

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Putin crony Dmitry Medvedev suggests Ukraine won't exist in 2 years (nypost.com)

 

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Ex-Russian football captain Igor Denisov condemns invasion of Ukraine | Russia | The Guardian

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NPR - Ukraine welcomes more U.S. weapons and hosts a trio of European leaders

 

[squeekness]

They obviously don't know Americans. These hearings will be a hazy memory at best by November 2024.

And his followers will never quit him no matter what the hearings reveal. He could desecrate Billy Graham's corpse, steal the entire US Social Security fund, and confess to being Putin's lover and a spy and his fans would cheer him on for owning the libs.

Sad but true.

 

[Iceman]

Lavrov: Russia is not squeaky clean and not ashamed

 

[Fosterson]

Lavrov: Russia is not squeaky clean and not ashamed

Translation: We are not ashamed of committing genocide.

See you in the Hague Sergey!

 

[Iceman]

Russia's Putin condemns 'mad and thoughtless' Western sanctions

 

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Russia's Putin condemns 'mad and thoughtless' Western sanctions

Absolutely nothing "mad and thoughtless" about Russia's actions in Ukraine...

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Fosterson]

Genuinely terrifying. This is the behaviour of a rogue state.

The only fortunate thing is that Putin's ego is writing out checks that his rusted out military can't cash.

 

[squeekness]

Genuinely terrifying. This is the behaviour of a rogue state.

The only fortunate thing is that Putin's ego is writing out checks that his rusted out military can't cash.

May those cheques start bouncing soon.

 

[Iceman]

Thankfully Russia aren’t in a better situation or current Putin would be doing a lot worse.

 

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Russia threatens retaliation as Lithuania bans goods transit to Kaliningrad | Russia | The Guardian

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Times - The U.S. attorney general [Merrick Garland] visits Ukraine to discuss Russian war crimes.

 

[samsnee]

He should probably focus on the crimes here first.

 

[Holy Slapper]

He should probably focus on the crimes here first.

This ain't the time nor the place to pull that comment.

 

[Marvolo]

Lithuania took Smolensk and held it until 1522 so Putin should hand it over.

And long before that the Mongols claimed a large portion of russia at one time so Putin should give it back to their descendants.

Isn't history fun, Mr. Putin, you sack of ****?