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[PeregrineT]

Looks like the true economic situation in Russia is materializing this winter. I definitely think they figured it would be over by now and so it could be hidden.

 

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Ha ha ha, brilliant idea. Asking the people you’ve pi55ed off the most for help lol

 

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Looks like the true economic situation in Russia is materializing this winter. I definitely think they figured it would be over by now and so it could be hidden.

Hopefully their economy will fkd for many years to come

 

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The notorious Russian paramilitary group Wagner opens a center in Serbia – it is headed by the person declared “non grata” in Kosovo - The Geopost

The paramilitary group Wagner, whose leader is Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman and close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced on the Telegram channel that it has opened its cultural and information center for friendship and cooperation "Orly (Eagles)" in Serbia." "We...

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Kosovo shuts main border crossing with Serbia amid protests

Pristina closure of the Merdare crossing on Kosovo's eastern border comes as tensions with its Balkans neighbour spiral.

www.aljazeera.com

 

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Hopefully their economy will fkd for many years to come

But that is how Putin took control so effectively. He sorted out the post Soviet economy which was a complete disaster.

Post war, whatever happens, the Russian economy needs to improve and be integrated as dies Russia into the normal world and a way to ensure that the Putins and mafioso style governments don't return.

Short term though, the pips need to squeak until the current Russian government finds an open 10th storey window to remove it.

 

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Hopefully their economy will fkd for many years to come

FT: Gref and Nabiullina were afraid to dissuade Putin from invading Ukraine

A month before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted leading state economists at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, whose task was to show the president the possible catastrophic consequences of Western sanctions in the event of a sharp escalation of the situation in...

russianfreepress.com

 

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This is an interesting read.

Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers

Russia’s president built a power structure designed to deliver him the information he wants to hear, feeding into his miscalculations on the Ukraine war.

www.wsj.com

 

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From the above article there is some worrying insight into the mind of Patrushev who seems to be thought of as a likely successot to Putin.

What most concerns Western observers, however, is Patrushev’s zealotry. Mark Galeotti, an expert on Russian politics, has described him as ‘the most dangerous man’ in the country, the ‘devil on Putin’s shoulder’. For years Patrushev has promoted the narrative that Russia is locked in an existential conflict with America (‘they spit in our eye, and call it God’s dew’). Among a raft of conspiracies he promotes is the claim that the US is pursuing a policy of population control called the ‘golden billion’ (wherein a cabal of one billion global elites seek to hoard the world's wealth and resources); is harvesting the organs of Ukrainian orphans; and trying to seize Siberia (this latter germinated from a mind-reader employed by the FSB to look into US officials). Even at the February 21 meeting, he ended on an often overlooked note: negotiations with the US were doomed to fail, he said.

Full article:

The ‘devil on Putin’s shoulder’ who could be the next Russian president

Could Nikolai Patrushev be the man to sit down for peace negotiations with Ukraine in 2023?

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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A 'depressed' Russian sausage magnate who briefly criticised Russia’s Ukraine invasion has died after falling from a hotel window in India

Russian magnate Pavel Antov dies after window fall in India

A 'depressed' Russian sausage magnate who briefly criticised Russia’s Ukraine invasion has died after falling from a hotel window in India

www.telegraph.co.uk

Some absolutely first rate police work gone on there.

 

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Some absolutely first rate police work gone on there.

I was just happy that the guy was rightly recognised as a sausage magnet.

 

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I was just happy that the guy was rightly recognised as a sausage magnet.

Surprised Tate wasn't in the entourage.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Grim time for all families and people freezing cold without power this time of year. Can’t imagine what it’s like to live in such a precarious position.