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Russia's Medvedev: Japan's 'militarisation' complicates Asia-Pacific

Japan's "militarisation" complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council and former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday (Sep 3). Russia and Japan have complex relations marked by decades of territorial dispute over a handful of small...

www.channelnewsasia.com

 

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[Kurt.]

Is this how the Russians are planning to have a Goodyear comrade kev ?

@Kev The Rat

 

[Kurt.]

Might be planning to tyre the Ukrainians into submission

 

[larrygobfiend]

Might be planning to tyre the Ukrainians into submission

They need to tread carefully

 

[Kurt.]

They need to tread carefully

Hope they don’t plan on rimming them

 

[TommyDavo]

Hope they don’t plan on rimming them

They’re planes not sheep

 

[peteblue]

Russia's Medvedev: Japan's 'militarisation' complicates Asia-Pacific

Japan's "militarisation" complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council and former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday (Sep 3). Russia and Japan have complex relations marked by decades of territorial dispute over a handful of small...

www.channelnewsasia.com

It does indeed complicate things. I imagine Russia remembers getting a good kicking from Japan in the past, before they took advantage and stealing islands while the USA brought Japan to its knees…..

 

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[dublinbluenose]

Excellent thread, well thought out.

 

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Jason Stanley, a professor of philosophy at Yale University in the USA, has just given a course of lectures on fascism and imperialism at the Kyiv School of Economics using mime via Skype

Yale University professor Jason Stanley has been researching fascism for years. He assures that modern Russia is very similar to Nazi Germany, only the basis of its ideology isnʼt race, but language and culture. An interview

How Putin managed to build a fascist regime in Russia, why Hungary, Israel and India are increasingly becoming fascist, what shows US imperialism and why Ukraine is an example of healthy nationalism — interview with Jason Stanley

babel.ua

 

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[verreauxi]

It's a bit long, but I found it a really interesting read and good summary of events...The title of the article is a bit misleading as it's an overview of the US policy position on the war.

The Case for Negotiating with Russia

Samuel Charap is asking Ukraine and its allies to consider how much worse the war could get.

www.newyorker.com

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Er… doesn’t one of those ‘talking heads’ bear a rather striking resemblance to Belarus president Lukashenko

Not Russian, ya see.