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slavatuvs posted:What ever happened to no clancy chat?
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Eastern Europe: The Hunt For Red Potato.
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Aug 16, 2016 17:58
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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slavatuvs posted:What ever happened to no clancy chat? Its that time again friend. We have to have it at least quarterly.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:05
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blowfish posted:Eastern Europe: The Hunt For Red Potato. That's clearly in Belarus.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:19
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A Pale Horse posted:Its that time again friend. We have to have it at least quarterly.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:36
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If Russia full out invaded all their former warsaw pact holdings Germany would fall over them selves to excuse it and defend it, even offering up most of eastern germany (this would pass with a 90% referendum in bavaria). The entire thing would be blamed on NATO imperialism provoking poor russia and perhaps if Germany just totally disarmed and signed a treaty recognizing eastern europe as belonging forever to Russia it would finally make poor Putin feel safe. gently caress germany and especially gently caress the "german left"
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Aug 16, 2016 19:05
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Enough Clancy chat. How's the bridge coming?
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Aug 16, 2016 19:09
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OddObserver posted:That might even cause Europe to stop buying Russian oil and gas! For, like, a week. But no longer than that. And only spot rate business. We wouldn't dare deviate from long term contracts. Don't want to be seen as untrustworthy by a country that steals provinces from other countries, do we now.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:11
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kalstrams posted:Last one was like in July though. Its not a perfect schedule.  In actual military news apparently Russia has reinforced its forces in Donbas with the 60th motorized brigade equipped with Tor-M2 AA missile system under the command of Lt. Colonel Sergey Tupichenko. http://www.tvn24.pl/systemy-tor-m2-pojawily-sie-w-donbasie,668791,s.html
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Aug 16, 2016 19:12
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Skeesix posted:Enough Clancy chat. How's the bridge coming? Bridge to Crimea looking good. 60th Motorized Construction Brigade reports that it's ready to I suppose tonight I'll stare into the Abyss of Ukrainian politics since the fall of the USSR. Should be wonderfully depressing 
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Aug 16, 2016 20:02
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OddObserver posted:That's clearly in Belarus. Did it get stolen from Latvia?
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Aug 16, 2016 20:14
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Elyv posted:Did it get stolen from Latvia? Latvia never had potatoes, tovarich; is capitalist lie.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:17
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Elyv posted:Did it get stolen from Latvia?
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Aug 16, 2016 20:21
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kalstrams posted:Eastern Europeans make potato jokes about Belarus, which is the most correct version anyways, given that they clock pound of potatoes consumed. Per capita. Daily. It's also like the only thing left of their economy under Lukashenko. And they get to keep the hideous Soviet Belarus flag rather than appropriating the awesome Grand Duchy of Lithuania one, making them kinda Red.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:35
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Huh, the more you know.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:44
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Elyv posted:Huh, the more you know.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:46
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OddObserver posted:It's also like the only thing left of their economy under Lukashenko. And they get to keep the hideous Soviet Belarus flag rather than appropriating the awesome Grand Duchy of Lithuania one, making them kinda Red. They also make tractors. Huge, beautiful tractors.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:48
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It's a decade old, but it ought to still be about the same, unless there have been dramatic shifts in potato world. Looking at this, I suggest making Rwanda an honorary Eastern European country.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:55
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No Ireland. Shameful.
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Aug 16, 2016 21:03
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Cat Mattress posted:It's a decade old, but it ought to still be about the same, unless there have been dramatic shifts in potato world. Also drat you, Lithuania, again better than us. 
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Aug 16, 2016 21:09
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waitwhatno posted:They also make tractors. Huge, beautiful tractors. They're also a major oyster exporter!
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Baronjutter posted:If Russia full out invaded all their former warsaw pact holdings Germany would fall over them selves to excuse it and defend it, even offering up most of eastern germany (this would pass with a 90% referendum in bavaria). The entire thing would be blamed on NATO imperialism provoking poor russia and perhaps if Germany just totally disarmed and signed a treaty recognizing eastern europe as belonging forever to Russia it would finally make poor Putin feel safe. gently caress germany and especially gently caress the "german left" Don't worry, the German Left will never be elected again, they've turned themselves into a bunch of assclowns no-one wants to work with. Even the Greens are considered more reliable as part of a coalition these days. Of course there was the obligatory shitstorm when the new Weissbuch for the Bundeswehr hinted at maybe we need to defend ourselves against Russia a little bit more? But apparently everyone immediately forgot about that, since I haven't seen it mentioned in the news again. So I guess all signs point to Germany rearming, I guess. 
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Aug 16, 2016 21:21
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Nenonen posted:They're also a major oyster exporter!
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Aug 16, 2016 21:54
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Libluini posted:Of course there was the obligatory shitstorm when the new Weissbuch for the Bundeswehr hinted at maybe we need to defend ourselves against Russia a little bit more? But apparently everyone immediately forgot about that, since I haven't seen it mentioned in the news again. So I guess all signs point to Germany rearming, I guess. The broomsticks will be upgraded to vacuum cleaners.
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Aug 16, 2016 22:24
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Cat Mattress posted:It's a decade old, but it ought to still be about the same, unless there have been dramatic shifts in potato world. I'm still damned impressed with Belarus's potato consumption considering they're a nation of 9 million while China has 1.6 billion.
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kalstrams posted:And caviar! And blue cheese! And salmon! Oh wait. 
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Aug 17, 2016 01:05
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blowfish posted:No Ireland. Shameful. The Irish aren't known for their consumation of potato, they are known for their failure to consume potato.
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Aug 17, 2016 01:11
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Ukrainian politics is uh, fractious, to say the least. Not to mention confusing with it's split Party Vote/Geographical Vote seats system, with Runoff elections and etc. Dammit guys, just have preferential voting for gently caress's sake  Only managed to cover recent events so I still need to look at the 90's era, but overall politically speaking Ukraine looks kinda.. okay? It certainly has the fuckwit fringe going at the moment, but the wild fluctuations in votes from election to election makes it impossible for me to have a feel for how the future of them will go. At the very least, further EU involvement with free and untampered elections, courts and anti-corruption measures will hopefully bring about good results for them.
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Aug 17, 2016 01:17
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Xerxes17 posted:Dammit guys, just have preferential voting for gently caress's sake
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Aug 17, 2016 07:24
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I think people brought up Seselj in here a few months ago. Well, he's doing a thing again: https://theintercept.com/2016/08/16/serb-inspired-ethnic-cleansing-bosnia-leads-vote-trump-rally-belgrade/ 
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Aug 17, 2016 15:00
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Some sort of "anti-terrorism" op in SPB today (supposedly involving people from the caucuses as the suspects), and a couple of shootouts near Moscow?
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Aug 17, 2016 15:18
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Apparently four militants from North Caucasus were killed in a shootout with FSB special forces in St. Petersburg. Also two guys from Central Asia armed with axes were killed when they tried to attack a police checkpoint near Moscow.
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Aug 17, 2016 21:07
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This has been posted in the Trump thread in C SPAN subforum, it's relevant to this thread too. http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512370497  There's supposed to be more coming this week about Paul Manafort and what he's been doing for the Kremlin before his current demoted gig with Donald Trump.
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Aug 17, 2016 23:14
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slavatuvs posted:What ever happened to no clancy chat? there is a spectre haunting eastern europe. it is the spectre of a fat white Republican man who wrote lovely novels and died of a heart attack at 65
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Aug 17, 2016 23:51
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Latest Caspian Report touches on some of the last week's discussions, here. The guy's from Azerbaijan and has consistently done solid explainers on various events in the region and, increasingly, around the world. Think it's about time I threw him a few dollars on Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT4sK36cU3Y
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Libluini posted:Don't worry, the German Left will never be elected again, they've turned themselves into a bunch of assclowns no-one wants to work with. Even the Greens are considered more reliable as part of a coalition these days. For them to be elected again would require them to have been elected once before
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Cugel the Clever posted:Latest Caspian Report touches on some of the last week's discussions, here. The guy's from Azerbaijan and has consistently done solid explainers on various events in the region and, increasingly, around the world. Think it's about time I threw him a few dollars on Patreon. This is very high quality content. Thank you very much for posting it
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Forgive the question out of left field but is this article sensationalized? http://reprints.longform.org/putin-conspiracy-banned-story-anderson I'm fairly astonished and horrified. (Since there doesn't seem to be a Russia thread on any other subforum figured it might be best to ask here)
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Nckdictator posted:Forgive the question out of left field but is this article sensationalized? No. Not at all sensationalized. The Moscow apartment bombings have been long thought of, mostly overseas but also in Russia, a false flag attack that gave pretense for the second war with Chechnya as well as allow for Putin and United Russia to consolidate power. Given the fact of unusual behavior concerning the FSB's involvement as well as the Duma denying any independent investigation has not help disprove those rumors. Also, what doesn't help is many of the Russian sources, investigators, and journalists who have tried to look into the apartment bombings have ended up dying of mysterious circumstances, most famously former FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who was assassinated in London via polonium poisoning, and oligarch billionaire Boris Berezovsky, whose death from hanging is still considered "open", or have been forced into exile.
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