Tag: Russia
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Early Hours
Attribution to Government of the Russian Federation This is Yevgeny Prigozhin. He is a Russian oligarch. Up until recently, he was a great buddy with Putin. He was called ‘Putin’s Chef’ given that his restaurants and catering companies provided services to the Kremlin. He is a mercenary. He was a former convict. He owns a…
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Vlad’s Bad Day
Attribution to Kremlin.ru It is only Tuesday but, Vlad is already having a pretty bad week. First, a number of Russian radio and tv stations bordering Ukraine were hacked. The stations aired a broadcast, supposedly by Putin himself (his image on tv) saying, “Ukrainian troops armed to the teeth by NATO and with Washington’s consent…
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Poking The Bear
Attribution to Udo Keppler The war in Ukraine is now a war in Ukraine and Russia. This should be seen as a dangerous turn. There have been drone attacks on Moscow, itself, including an attack on the Kremlin. There has also been attacks and shelling on the Russian region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine and…
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Coincidence?
Attribution to Kremlin.ru Russia has just banned another 500 Americans from entering their country. Some of these make sense. For example, Erin Burnett, of CNN, has been banned. She has led off a number of her Out Front shows with Russia’s missteps and violations in Ukraine. Another one that would make sense is Rachel Maddow…
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One Year Later
One year ago, on this date, Russia invaded Ukraine. Putin thought this would be a cakewalk. After all, Russia had invaded Georgia and Crimea, and the only consequences were bleatings from the West. Thanks to Putin’s friend, Donald Trump, NATO, and the West, were in disarray. Trump had done everything possible to diminish, even dismantle,…
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Look Who Is Upset
Joe Biden paid a surprise visit to Kyiv the other day Some people are pretty upset at the visit. The war hawks in Russia are pretty peed off about Biden’s visit. Nationalist Russian journalist Sergey Marden wrote, “Biden in [Kyiv]. Demonstrative humiliation of Russia,” One military hardliner wrote, “Almost a year after the beginning of…
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Hot Spot
Moldova is a small country in Eastern Europe. It has a population of under 3 milliuon. It is bordered by Ukraine. Within Moldova is the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria. The population within the breakaway state is pro-Russian In 2020 pro-European candidate Maia Sandu became the first female president of Moldova. In the summer of…
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Tensions Rising
This is the Coat of Arms of Estonia. Estonia is a Baltic country along with Lithuania and Latvia. For those who have played Monopoly the Baltic properties had the lowest houses and hotel values. All three Baltic countries, along with Ukraine are bordered with Russia. All three Baltic countries are members of the EU and…
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Getting Scarier
Things are getting more worrisome in the Ukraine everyday. At this point in time, Ukraine is gaining ground in this conflict. Ukraine is ready to take back Kherson from the Russians. Riussia took over this city early in the war and losing it willk represent a major setback. Morale of the Russian troops, in Ukraine,…